Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧tap‧tap
  • IPA(key): /ʔalitapˈtap/, [ʔɐ.lɪ.tɐpˈtap]

Noun edit

alitaptáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜉ᜔ᜆᜉ᜔)

  1. firefly

References edit

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qali-petpet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading edit

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