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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
bangsi
- a flying fish; a tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae
Icelandic
Noun
bangsi m (genitive singular bangsa, nominative plural bangsar)
- teddy bear
Declension
Declension of bangsi (masculine)
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī).
Pronunciation
Noun
bangsi (plural bangsi-bangsi)
- (dialectal) Synonym of seruling (“flute”)
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay bangsi, ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “pipe; flute”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bangsî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- straw or glass tube (for sipping liquid from any container)
- Synonyms: sipsipan, istro
- (music) native flute (made of reed or rice stalk)
- flying fish
- Synonyms: isdanglawin, balang, barongoy, bolador
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bangsi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “bangsi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 321: “Flauta) Bangſi (pc) de Igleſia”
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