abli

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• abri

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abrir, with the L changing to R and final R omitted.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ab‧li
• IPA^(key): /ʔabˈli/ [ʔɐbˈl̪i]

Adjective

ablí

1. open (not closed)

   Synonym: abyerto

2. ajar

Verb

ablí

1. to open
2. to begin (of classes, business, etc.)
3. to found an enterprise

Derived terms

• ablihan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• able

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish abrir with loss of final /ɾ/ and a sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/, from Latin aperīre. Doublet of abre, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabˈli/ [ʔɐbˈli]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ab‧li

Adjective

ablí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. open (not closed)

   Synonym: bukas

Derived terms

• ablihan
• mag-abli

 

Related terms

• abrelata
• abretapa
• abridor
• abrigana

 

Noun

ablí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. act of opening something

   Synonyms: bukas, abre

Further reading

• “abli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 8: “Abrir) Able (pc) coſa que tiene cerradura, o eſtra cerrada cõ llaue”