relos

English

Noun

relos

1. plural of relo

Anagrams

• Loser, Osler, Rosel, Soler, Sorel, eorls, lo-res, lores, loser, orles, roles, rôles, slore, soler, sorel

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rilos

Etymology

Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish reloj (“clock, watch, timepiece”). In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare sabon, singkamas, sugal, saro, and tasa). Doublet of relo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeˈlos/, [ɾɛˈlos]
• Hyphenation: re‧los

Noun

relós (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

1. Alternative form of relo

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 323