kisap

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki‧sap

Verb

kisap

1. to have a foreign object enter the eye

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• qisap, quisap — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki(n)sap (“blink, wink, flicker, flash”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈsap/ [kɪˈsap]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: ki‧sap

Noun

kisáp (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜉ᜔)

1. wink; blink

   Synonyms: kurap, pagkurap, pagkisap, kindat, lindag, (obsolete) andap

2. twinkle; sparkle

   Synonyms: kislap, pagkislap, andap

Derived terms

• abot-kisap
• kisapan
• kisapmata
• kumisap
• kumisap-kisap
• magkisap-kisap
• pagkisap
• pakisap
• sangkisapmata

 

See also

• pikit

 

Further reading

• “kisap” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kisap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*ki(n)sap”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary