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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish campanilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kampaˈniʎa/
- Hyphenation: kam‧pa‧ni‧lya
Noun
kampanílya
- small bell
- Synonym: tiling-tiling
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kam‧pa‧nil‧ya
- IPA(key): /kampaˈnilja/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish campanilla, diminutive of campana. See kampana.
Noun
kampanilya
- a bell
Etymology 2
Named after its shape.
Noun
kampanilya
- yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia), a poisonous plant native throughout Mexico and in Central America, and cultivated widely as an ornamental
- any bell-shaped ornament
- any plant with bell-shaped flowers
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish campanilla (“little bell”). The plants were named after its bell-shaped flowers. Doublet of kampanela.
Pronunciation
Noun
kampanilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)
- small bell
- Synonyms: kuliling, kampanita
- golden trumpet (Allamanda cathartica)
- yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia)
See also
Further reading
- “kampanilya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018