buskapiye

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish buscapiés (literally “foot-seekers”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buskapiˈe/ [bʊs.kɐˈpjɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: bus‧ka‧pi‧ye

Noun

buskapiyé (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜉᜒᜌᜒ)

1. firecracker that skips along the ground seeming to follow someone's feet when ignited

Further reading

• “buskapiye”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018