buskapiye
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish buscapiés (literally “foot-seekers”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buskapiˈe/ [bʊs.kɐˈpjɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: bus‧ka‧pi‧ye
Noun
editbuskapiyé (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜉᜒᜌᜒ)
- firecracker that skips along the ground seeming to follow someone's feet when ignited
Further reading
edit- “buskapiye”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018