alipusta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

aliposta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit परिपुष्ट (paripuṣṭa, “nourished”), from परिपुष् (paripuṣ, “nourish”), with semantic shift over time. Compare Old Javanese paripoṣita (“do something with great care and assiduity”). Also possibly from Sanskrit परिप्लुष्ट (paripluṣṭa, “burned”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧li‧pus‧ta

IPA^(key): /ʔalipusˈtaʔ/, [ʔɐ.lɪ.pʊsˈtaʔ]

Noun

alipustâ

insult; taunt; bitter remark
Synonyms: paghamak, paghalay, insulto, dusta, lait
(obsolete) act of verifying something
Synonyms: alusitha, siyasat

Derived terms

alipustain
mag-alipusta
mang-alipusta
pag-aalipusta
pag-alipusta
umalipusta

Adjective

alipustâ

despised and maltreated (due to being lowly)
Synonyms: api, dusta, amis

References

Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273
P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎, 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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