sulihiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• silohiya — obsolete
• solihiya
• sologia — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• sulihia — dated

Etymology

From corruption of Spanish celosía with metathesis and a shift from /s/ to /h/. Doublet of selosiya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suliˈhia/ [sʊ.lɪˈhiː.ɐ], /sulihiˈa/ [sʊ.lɪˈhja]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Syllabification: su‧li‧hi‧ya

Noun

sulihiya or sulihiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌ)

1. wicker; woven split rattan (on seat and back of chairs or across frames of beds)

   yari sa sulihiya ― made of wicker or rattan

Derived terms

• ipasulihiya
• magpasulihiya
• magsulihiya
• pagsusulihiya
• pansulihiya
• sulihiyahan

Related terms

• selos
• selosa
• selosiya
• seloso

See also

• lala
• nilala

Further reading

• “sulihiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “sulihiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1276