huwego de-anilyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish juego de anillo (ring game). See also Spanish corrida de sortija (ring race).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /huˌeɡo de ʔaˈniljo/ [ˌhwɛː.ɣo d̪ɛ ʔɐˈn̪il.jo]
  • Rhymes: -iljo
  • Syllabification: hu‧we‧go de-a‧nil‧yo

Noun

huwego de-anilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ ᜇᜒᜀᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ) (sports)

  1. a game in which players take hanged ribbons with rings attached by piercing the rings with a pointed object, such as a stiletto, while riding a horse, or nowadays a bicycle

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