bithay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 米篩 / 米筛 (bí-thai).[1][2] Compare Sambali bitsay and Kapampangan bitse.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bitˈhaj/ [bɪt̪ˈhaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: bit‧hay

Noun

bitháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. flat, circular sieve or sifter made of fine bamboo splits (for splitting grain)
    Synonyms: bithayan, bistayan, (Southern Tagalog) saligsigan, salaan
  2. screen; wire sieve
    Synonyms: bithayan, bistayan, (Southern Tagalog) saligsigan, salaan, iskrin
  3. act of sifting grain (especially with a bamboo sieve)
    Synonyms: ag-ag, pag-aag-ag, ig-ig, sala
  4. (figurative) careful examination; careful selection
    Synonyms: suri, himay, siyasat, balukitkit
  5. scoop-type fishing gear

Derived terms

  • bithayan
  • bithayin
  • magbithay
  • mamimithay
  • nagdaan sa bithay
  • tagabithay

See also

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 140.
  2. ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 17

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