sisiyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sisilo — obsolete

Etymology

Possibly from earlier sisilo, with elision of /l/.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈsio/ [sɪˈsi.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: si‧si‧yo

Noun

sisiyo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜌᜓ)

1. fig (tree and fruit)

   Synonyms: (tree) igera, (fruit) igos, tibig, pagatpat

Further reading

• “sisiyo”, 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 352: “Higo) Siſilo (pp) T, ſilvestre pero comeſtible y algo mas grande q̃ el paſado.”