hihip

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog hihip.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧hip
  • IPA(key): /ˈhihip/

Verb

hihip

  1. (Daet) to blow (to produce an air current)
    Synonyms: hayop, huyop

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Southern Philippine *həyə́p (“to blow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *Səyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”). Compare Botolan Sambal eyep, Bikol Central hayop, Cebuano huyop, Maranao iyop, and Tausug huyup.

Pronunciation

Noun

hihip (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜉ᜔)

  1. blowing of air from one's mouth
  2. playing of a wind instrument
  3. gust of wind; puff of wind
    Synonym: simoy
  4. blowpipe to stoke a fire by blowing (usually a small bamboo or iron tube)

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Further reading

  • “hihip”, 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 353: “Hinchar) Hiyip (pc) ſoplando bejiga o otra coſa”
    • page 559: “Soplar) Hiyip (pc) con la boca o con cañuto”
    • page 560: “Soplo) Hiyip (pc) de la boca”
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Seyup”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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