ampalaya

== English == === Etymology === From Tagalog ampalaya. === Noun === ampalaya (plural ampalayas) (Philippines) bitter melon == Kankanaey == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔampalaˈja/ [ʔʌm.pʌ.lʌˈja] (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /ʔamparaˈja/ [ʔʌm.pʌ.rʌˈja] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: am‧pa‧la‧ya === Noun === ampalayá bitter melon Synonym: palya == Masbatenyo == === Noun === ampalaya bitter melon == Tagalog == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria (“bitter melon”). Compare Ilocano paria, Pangasinan palya, Kapampangan apalia, Masbatenyo ampalaya, Cebuano paliya, Tausug paliya', Indonesian peria, Javanese ꦥꦫꦺ (paré), and Malay peria. Doublet of apalya. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔampalaˈja/ [ʔɐm.pɐ.lɐˈja] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: am‧pa‧la‧ya === Noun === ampalayá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜌ) bitter melon Synonyms: amargoso, apalya (figurative) selfish person === Further reading === “ampalaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paria”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 14