abrasiyete

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abrasete
• abrasyete
• abrisete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abracete (“embraced; hugged”), or from corruption of Spanish de bracete (“arm-in-arm”). The /s/ may possibly have been irregularly palatalized following front vowel /e/ (c.f. giyera).

Alternatively, possibly from Spanish abra siete (“open seven”) according to the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabɾasiˈete/ [ʔɐ.bɾɐˈʃɛː.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔabɾasiˈete/ [ʔɐ.bɾɐˈsjɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧si‧ye‧te

Adjective

abrasiyete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

1. walking arm-in-arm; interlocked (of arms)

   Synonym: kapit-bisig

Derived terms

• abrasiyetihan
• nakaabrasiyete

 

Related terms

• abrasa
• abrasador
• abraso
• braso

 

See also

• akbay
• alakbay
• sakbay

 

Further reading

• “abrasiyete” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “abrasiyete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 6
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 3
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4