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bansi

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ban‧si

Noun edit

bansi

  1. largescale flyingfish (Cypselurus oligolepis)

Dibabawon Manobo edit

Noun edit

bansì

  1. thunderstorm

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Malay bangsi, ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “pipe; flute”)

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ban‧si
  • IPA(key): /banˈsiʔ/, [bɐnˈsiʔ]

Noun edit

bansî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. straw or glass tube (for sipping liquid from any container)
    Synonym: sipsipan
  2. (music) native flute (made of reed or rice stalk)

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