Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-pətpət, from *pət-pət with metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alitaptáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜉ᜔ᜆᜉ᜔)

  1. firefly

References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-petpet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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  • alitaptap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018