kumpilma

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• compilma, conpilma — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kunpilma — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confirmar, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of kumpil and kumpirma.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumpilˈma/ [kʊm.pɪlˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kum‧pil‧ma

Noun

kumpilmá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜋ) (obsolete)

1. (Catholicism) confirmation (sacrament)

   Synonyms: kumpil, pagkukumpil

Derived terms

• makumpilmahan
• pagkumpilmahan
• pakumpilma

 

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 181: “Confirmar) Compil [(pc)] C. el Obiſpo”