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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confites, plural of confite (“confection”), from Catalan confit, from Medieval Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of kumpeti and kumpitis.
Pronunciation
Noun
kumpites (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- comfit; sugar-plum; bonbon; dainty
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Further reading
- “kumpites”, 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 153
- 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 181: “Confites) Compites (pp) C. de açucar”