ansilis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ansiles, anseles

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish ángeles (“angels”), plural of ángel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨g⟩ (before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩) was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare sabon, singkamas, sugal, sugarol, saro, and tasa). Doublet of anghel.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔansiˈlis/ [ʔɐn.sɪˈlis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: an‧si‧lis

Noun

ansilís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)

1. angel (messenger from a deity)

   Synonym: anghel

Related terms

• anghel de la guwardiya
• anghelika
• angheliko
• anghelina
• anghelita
• anghelito
• anghelus
• arkanghel
• ebangheliko
• ebanghelismo
• ebanghelista
• Ebanghelyo
• ibangsilyo

 

See also

• katutubo
• kerubin
• serapin
• sugo

 

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 57: “Angel) [Anſilis (pc)] C. del çielo”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 167