bithay
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 米篩／米筛 (bí-thai).[1][2] Compare Sambali bitsay and Kapampangan bitse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bitˈhaj/ [bɪt̪ˈhaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: bit‧hay
Noun
[edit]bitháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜑᜌ᜔)
- flat, circular sieve or sifter made of fine bamboo splits (for splitting grain)
- Synonyms: bithayan, bistayan, (Southern Tagalog) saligsigan, salaan
- screen; wire sieve
- Synonyms: bithayan, bistayan, (Southern Tagalog) saligsigan, salaan, iskrin
- act of sifting grain (especially with a bamboo sieve)
- Synonyms: ag-ag, pag-aag-ag, ig-ig, sala
- (figurative) careful examination; careful selection
- Synonyms: suri, himay, siyasat, balukitkit
- scoop-type fishing gear
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 140.
- ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 17
Further reading
[edit]- “bithay” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “bithay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018