silbiro
Tagalog
Etymology
An early borrowing from Spanish, possibly from servidor or servido. Possible doublet of serbidor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sil‧bi‧ro
- IPA(key): /silˈbiɾo/, [sɪlˈbi.ɾo]
Noun
silbiro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜇᜓ)
- (obsolete) courteous and well-mannered servant
- Synonyms: kriyado, kriyada, katulong, yaya, kasambahay
- Ako'y silbiro mo.
- I am your servant.
- Kung may ipagbibilin ka dito sa silbiro mo?
- If you have something to ask for your servant?
- (obsolete, by extension) act of serving
Derived terms
- magsilbiro
- pagsilbiruhan
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 200: “Criado) Silbiro (pp) con corteſia”
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 552: “Seruidor) Silbiro (pp) C. cortes y bien criado”
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 552: “Seruir) Silbiro (pp)”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 528
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