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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog hipon, from Proto-Philippine *hipun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhipon/
- IPA(key): /ˈʔipon/ (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: hi‧pon
Noun
hípon (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔) (Tagalog-influenced, Daet)
- shrimp
- Synonym: pasayan
- prawn
- Synonym: buyod
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *hipun.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧pon
- IPA(key): /ˈhipon/
Noun
hipon
- krill
- a condiment paste made of fermented or salted krill
- a dish of sautéed krill paste with garlic and onions
- a dish of sautéed krill paste with garlic, onions and sliced Averrhoa bilimbi fruits
Dupaningan Agta
Pronunciation
Noun
hipón
- (medicine) mucus; head cold
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *hípun (“small shrimp”). Compare Cebuano hipun (“tiny shrimp”) and Mansaka ipon (“small fish”). See also Central Dusun tipun (“shrimp”). The “butterface” sense is from people eating the body of the shrimp and treating the head as undesirable by throwing it away.
Pronunciation
Noun
hipon (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔)
- shrimp; prawn
- (figurative, slang, derogatory) butterface; prawn; shrimp (person with an attractive body but an unattractive face)
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References
Further reading
- “hipon”, 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 138: “Camarones) Hipon (pp) muý pequeñitos, cojen los en garlitos q̃ ponen ẽ los cañales de los rios”
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hípun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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