sihay

Blend of silid (“cell, room”) +‎ buhay (“life”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsihaj/ [ˈsiː.haɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ihaj
• Syllabification: si‧hay

sihay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜑᜌ᜔)

1. (biology, neologism) cell

   Synonym: selula

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

• hiyas, ishay