buskapiye
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish buscapiés (literally “foot-seekers”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buskapiˈe/ [bʊs.kɐˈpjɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: bus‧ka‧pi‧ye
Noun
[edit]buskapiyé (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜉᜒᜌᜒ)
- firecracker that skips along the ground seeming to follow someone's feet when ignited
Further reading
[edit]- “buskapiye”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018