kumpil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• compil — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Kumpil

Etymology

Clipping of earlier variant kumpilma, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), from Early Modern Spanish confirmar. Doublet of kumpirma and kumpilma. Also possibly from Spanish cumplir.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumˈpil/ [kʊmˈpil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: kum‧pil

Noun

kumpíl (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (Catholicism) confirmation (sacrament)

   Synonyms: pagkukumpil, (obsolete) kumpilma

2. (by extension) light slap on the face

   Synonyms: sampal, tampal

Derived terms

• amang-kumpil
• inang-kumpil
• kumpilan
• kumpilan
• kumpilin
• kumumpil
• magkumpil
• magpakumpil
• makumpilan
• pagkukumpil
• pakumpil
• pakumpilan

 

See also

• kumpirmasyon
• obispo
• sinyuldiya

 

Further reading

• “kumpil”, 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 181: “Confirmar) Compil [(pc)] C. el Obiſpo”