kulisap
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈlisap/ [kuˈl̪i.sap]
- Hyphenation: ku‧li‧sap
Noun
kulísap (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜉ᜔)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- colisap — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈlisap/ [kʊˈliː.sɐp̚]
- Rhymes: -isap
- Syllabification: ku‧li‧sap
Noun
kulisap (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜉ᜔)
- insect (especially a tiny one)
- Synonym: insekto
- swarming motion or movement (as of ants and other tiny insects)
- louse larva (in the early stage)
- (eastern Marinduque) dandruff
Derived terms
- kulisapin
- makulisap
- mangulisap
- pamatay-kulisap
References
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot, page 91: “COLISAP. pp. muchos piojos, o animales pequeños”
Further reading
- “kulisap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018