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Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish confetis, plural of confeti, from French confetti, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto, from Latin cōnfectus. Doublet of kumpeti and kumpites.
Noun
kumpitis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- confetti
- Synonym: kumpeti
Etymology 2
See kumpites.
Noun
kumpitis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- Alternative form of kumpites
Further reading
- “kumpitis”, 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