loryat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lauriat

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 鬧熱／闹热 (lāu-lia̍t / lāu-jia̍t, “bustling; noisy”), with semantic shift and slight phonological change due to a /l/~/ɾ/ allophony in Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloɾjat/ [ˈloːɾ.jɐt]
• Rhymes: -oɾjat
• Syllabification: lor‧yat

Noun

loryat (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜆ᜔)

1. lauriat (a special Chinese banquet with many courses and dishes, especially as served in the Philippines)

Derived terms

• loryatan
• magloryat

 

Further reading

• “loryat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 38