kumpitis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish confetis, plural of confeti, from French confetti, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto, from Latin cōnfectus. Doublet of kumpeti and kumpites.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumˈpitis/ [kʊmˈpiː.tɪs]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: kum‧pi‧tis

Noun

kumpitis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. confetti

   Synonym: kumpeti

Further reading

• “kumpitis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 152