silbiro
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== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish, possibly from servidor or servido. Possible doublet of serbidor.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /silˈbiɾo/ [sɪlˈbiː.ɾo]
Rhymes: -iɾo
Syllabification: sil‧bi‧ro
=== Noun ===
silbiro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒᜇᜓ) (obsolete)
courteous and well-mannered servant
Synonyms: kriyado, kriyada, katulong, yaya, kasambahay
(by extension) act of serving
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==== See also ====
alagad
=== 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 200: “Criado) Silbiro (pp) con corteſia”
page 552: “Seruidor) Silbiro (pp) C. cortes y bien criado”
page 552: “Seruir) Silbiro (pp)”
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017), Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 528