alitaptap

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-pətpət, from *pət-pət with metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧tap‧tap
  • IPA(key): /ʔalitapˈtap/, [ʔɐ.lɪ.tɐpˈtap]

Noun

alitaptáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜉ᜔ᜆᜉ᜔)

  1. firefly

References
  1. Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qali-petpet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading
  • “alitaptap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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