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Tagalog
Etymology
From bansi (“native flute”) + tao (“people; person”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bansíng-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ) (music, obsolete)
- nose flute made of reed or bamboo
Further reading
- 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) Bangſintavo (pp) haçenla de vn cañuto dela caña anos el ñudo agujereado, y [algunos] puntos, tañenla con las nariçes, ſuena laſtimoſamente, duo dic: bangſi, tavo .|. flauta de Indio”