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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish confeti, from French confetti, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto, from Latin cōnfectus. Doublet of kumpites and kumpitis.
Pronunciation
Noun
kumpeti (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒ)
- confetti
- Synonym: kumpitis
Further reading
- “kumpeti” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kumpeti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 152