salpikaw

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salpicao, a variant of salpicado (“sprinkled; splashed”) with elision of intervocalic /ð/ (cf. kuwidaw, matsakaw).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salpiˈkaw/ [sɐl.pɪˈxaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: sal‧pi‧kaw

Noun

salpikáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜃᜏ᜔)

1. beef salpicao

Further reading

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