paritaan

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from pa- +‎ *dita +‎ -an. The root may be a lost stem according to Potet (2017). See also Malay pelita (“lamp”), which ultimately came from Classical Persian (palīta, “candle wick”). Compare Maranao palita'an (“lantern; lamp”), Maguindanao palitan (“lamp”), and Tausug palitaan (“lamp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾitaˈʔan/, [pɐ.ɾɪ.tɐˈʔan]
Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧ta‧an

Noun

paritaán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

oil lamp
Synonyms: lampara, sumbo, sumbuhan
lantern
Synonyms: parol, linterna

Derived terms

magparitaan

Descendants

→ Kapampangan: paritaan

“paritaan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 140: “Candil) Paritaan [(pc)] cuelgan de en media vn palo y en las puntas ponen dos eſcudillas con açeyte y mecha, nagpaparitaan .2.c. tener candil deſtos, los pobres le haçen de ſola vnamecha y el palo de ſola vna punta de çierta hechura.”
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 267

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