kumpitiw
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- compitio — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kompitiw
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumˈpitiw/ [kʊmˈpiː.t̪ɪʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -itiw
- Syllabification: kum‧pi‧tiw
Noun
kumpitiw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜏ᜔)
- globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
- Synonyms: butones-butonesan, botonsilyo, malabuton
Further reading
- “kompitiw”, 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