kumpilma

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confirmar, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of kumpil and kumpirma.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumpilˈma/ [kʊm.pɪlˈma]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: kum‧pil‧ma

Noun

kumpilmá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜋ) (Catholicism, obsolete)

  1. confirmation (sacrament)
    Synonyms: kumpil, pagkukumpil

Derived terms

  • makumpilmahan
  • pagkumpilmahan
  • pakumpilma

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