alitaptap

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-pətpət, from *pət-pət with metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalitapˈtap/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.tɐpˈtap]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧tap‧tap

Noun

alitaptáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜉ᜔ᜆᜉ᜔)

  1. firefly

References
  1. Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qali-petpet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading
  • “alitaptap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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