ipis

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Bikol Central

Sarong ipis

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog ipis, from Proto-Philippine *ipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qipəs, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: i‧pis
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔipis/

Noun

ípis

  1. cockroach
    Synonym: kuratsa

Kapampangan

Noun

ipis

  1. playing cards; deck of cards
    Synonym: baraja

Sundanese

Romanization

ipis

  1. Romanization of ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪

Tagalog

Isang ipis

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ipəs (compare Bikol Central ipis, Cebuano ipos, Ilocano ipes, Kapampangan ipas), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ipəs (compare Kimaragang lipos, Malay lipas, Minangkabau lipeh), from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs (compare Amis dadipis, Atayal hipux, Kavalan sipes, Sakizaya dadipis).

Pronunciation

Noun

ipis (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. cockroach
    Synonyms: (Marinduque) bangkukang, kukaratsa
  2. (Marinduque) young, tiny cockroach (in its molting stage)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bikol Central: ipis

Further reading

  • “ipis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sipes”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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