pirisulis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pirisolis, prisoles — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• prisules — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish frijoles, from Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare sabon, singkamas, sugal, sugarol, saro, and tasa). Doublet of priholes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piɾiˈsulis/ [pɪ.ɾɪˈsu.lɪs]
• Rhymes: -ulis
• Syllabification: pi‧ri‧su‧lis

Noun

pirisulis (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜐᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. bean

   Synonyms: priholes, katsang

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 325: “Frijoles) Priſoles (pp) C. eſte es bocablo comun tomado del eſpañol, q̃ en particular ay muchos jeneros dellos por ſer eſtos muy afiçionados acomellos.”