hihip
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hihip
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Southern Philippine *həyə́p (“to blow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *Səyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”). Compare Botolan Sambal eyep, Bikol Central hayop, Cebuano huyop, Maranao iyop, and Tausug huyup.
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hihip (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜉ᜔)
- blowing of air from one's mouth
- playing of a wind instrument
- gust of wind; puff of wind
- Synonym: simoy
- blowpipe to stoke a fire by blowing (usually a small bamboo or iron tube)
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Further reading edit
- “hihip”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 353: “Hinchar) Hiyip (pc) ſoplando bejiga o otra coſa”
- page 559: “Soplar) Hiyip (pc) con la boca o con cañuto”
- page 560: “Soplo) Hiyip (pc) de la boca”
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Seyup”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary