kisap

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ki‧sap

Verb

kisap

  1. to have a foreign object enter the eye

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki(n)sap (“blink, wink, flicker, flash”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈsap/, [kɪˈsap]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧sap

Noun

kisáp (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜉ᜔)

  1. wink; blink
    Synonyms: kurap, pagkurap, pagkisap, kindat, lindag, (obsolete) andap
  2. twinkle; sparkle
    Synonyms: kislap, pagkislap, andap

Derived terms
  • abot-kisap
  • kisapan
  • kisapmata
  • kumisap
  • kumisap-kisap
  • magkisap-kisap
  • pagkisap
  • pakisap
  • sangkisapmata

See also

Further reading
  • “kisap” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “kisap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*ki(n)sap”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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