Kris wedge or sliver. "Kris" is the more frequently used spelling in the West, but "keris" is more popular in the dagger's native lands, as exemplified by the late Bambang Harsrinuksmo's popular book entitled "Ensiklopedi Keris" (Kris Encyclopedia). Two notable exceptions are the Philippines where it is usually called "kalis" or "kris" (although the Filipino "kalis" is a sword, rather than a dagger), and Thailand where it is always spelled kris and pronounced either as "kris" or "krit". In the Yala dialect the word is "kareh". Other spellings used by European colonists include "cryse", "crise", "criss", "kriss" and "creese." Kris history
Kris Bernal Kris Bernal Kristine Ann "Kris" Tan Bernal (born May 17, 1989) is a Filipina actress who became known for winning in the fourth season of the reality-based talent search "StarStruck" of GMA Network. Kris is known for her dual role as the evil Rosette and the tragic Nimfa in "Impostora". Kris Bernal was born as Kristine Ann Tan Bernal on 17 May 1989 in Quezon City, to Edgardo Bernal, an ethnic Tagalog and his Chinese wife, Analyn Tan. She has older twin sisters, Kathleen Ann and Katherine Ann and a younger brother named Miguel. She studied in Diliman Preparatory School