taeng-bituin
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- taing bituin
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi nu bituqən. By surface analysis, tae (“feces”) + bituin (“star”). Compare Pangasinan tai-bitewen (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Kapampangan taklang-batuin (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Malay tahi bintang (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), and Hokkien 疶屎星 (chhoah-sái-chhiⁿ, “shooting star”, literally “diarrhea star”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌtaʔeŋ bituˈʔin/ [ˌta.ʔɛm bɪ.tʊˈʔin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ta‧eng-bi‧tu‧in
Noun
taeng-bituín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔) (astronomy)
- meteor; shooting star
- Synonyms: bulalakaw, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw
- meteorite; tektite
Further reading
- “taeng-bituin”, 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
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Caqi § *taqinubituqen”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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