ipil-ipil

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of ipil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʔipil ˈʔipil/, [ˌʔi.pɪl ˈʔi.pɪl]
  • Hyphenation: i‧pil-i‧pil

Noun

ipil-ipil (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. white popinac (Leucaena leucocephala)
    Synonym: santaelena

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