taeng-bituin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• taing bituin

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi nu bituqən. By surface analysis, tae (“feces”) +‎ bituin (“star”). Compare Pangasinan tai-bitewen (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Kapampangan taklang-batuin (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Malay tahi bintang (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), and Hokkien 疶屎星 (chhoah-sái-chhiⁿ, “shooting star”, literally “diarrhea star”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌtaʔeŋ bituˈʔin/ [ˌt̪aː.ʔɛm bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ta‧eng-bi‧tu‧in

Noun

taeng-bituín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔) (astronomy)

1. meteor; shooting star

   Synonyms: bulalakaw, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw

2. meteorite; tektite

Further reading

• “taeng-bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Caqi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI