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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
bansi
- largescale flyingfish (Cypselurus oligolepis)
Dibabawon Manobo
Noun
bansì
- thunderstorm
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay bangsi, ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “pipe; flute”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bansî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- straw or glass tube (for sipping liquid from any container)
- Synonym: sipsipan
- (music) native flute (made of reed or rice stalk)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bansi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “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”