kamalala

Probably from Sanskrit का॑मलोल (kā́malola, “overcome with desire or passion”). See Sanskrit काम (kā́ma).

kamalala

1. mistress; concubine
2. adultery; infidelity

• camalala – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Early borrowing from Spanish camarada with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧la‧la
• IPA^(key): /kamaˈlala/, [kɐ.mɐˈla.lɐ]

kamalala (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜎᜎ)

1. (obsolete) comrade

   Synonym: kaibigan

• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 52: “Amigo) Camalala (pp) C. vno de otro”
  • page 128: “Camarada) Camalala (pp) C. o amiſtad [entre dos]”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 317