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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 米篩／米筛 (bí-thai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bitˈhaj/,
- Hyphenation: bit‧hay
Noun
bitháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜑᜌ᜔)
- flat, circular sieve or sifter made of fine bamboo splits (for splitting grain)
- screen; wire sieve
- act of sifting grain (especially with a bamboo sieve)
- Synonyms: agag, pag-aagag
- (figurative) careful examination; careful selection
- scoop-type fishing gear
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 140.
Further reading
- “bithay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018