ansilis

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === ansiles, anseles === Etymology === Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish ángeles (“angels”), plural of ángel. Doublet of anghel, a later borrowing. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔansiˈlis/ [ʔɐn̪.sɪˈlɪs] Rhymes: -is Syllabification: an‧si‧lis === Noun === ansilís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete) angel (messenger from a deity) Synonym: anghel ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 57: “Angel) [Anſilis (pc)] C. del çielo” Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017), Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 167