pilapil

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈlapil/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧la‧pil

Noun

pilapil (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. paddy; ricefield
    Synonym: basak
  2. dike surrounding a paddy

Usage notes

This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be found at pilapil#Tagalog

Derived terms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

pilapil (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. berm or dike surrounding a paddy field
    • 1951, Rufino Alejandro, Antonia F. Villanueva, Antonio D. G. Mariano, Pánitikán pará sa mataás na páaralán:
      "Asahan mo, daraan at daraan ka sa pilapil na matuwid," ang tiyak na sagot ng binata at noon di'y nanaog. Ang dalaga ay natulog nang gabing iyong nagsisisi rin naman sa birong nagawa sa binata. Datapuwa't dahil sa isang panagimp na ...
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    • 1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The katipunan and the revolution: memoirs of a general; with the original Tagalog text, →ISBN:
      Umahon ako sa pilapil at muling lumusong sa tubig ng dagat-dagatan, na lubog din ang buong katawan, matangi ang mga mata ko at ilong na siya lamang nakalitaw, hanggan sa ako'y sumapit naman sa tapat ng Maypaho, at doon umahon.
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    • 2003, Ani: Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines:
      Dumaan muna ako sa isang tindahan at bumili ng limang pisong Marlboro diretso sa dating puwesto, sa prinsa. Sa paglalakad ko sa pilapil, apat ang naaninaw kong nakaupo sa batong paraanan ng tubig na naiilawan ng liwanag ng buwan.
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Usage notes

This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be found at pilapil#Cebuano

Further reading

  • “pilapil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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