kumpil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• compil — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Kumpil

Etymology

Clipping of earlier variant kumpilma, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), from (c. 16th–18th century) Early Modern Spanish confirmar. Doublet of kumpirma and kumpilma. Also possibly from Spanish cumplir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kumˈpil/, [kʊmˈpil]
• Hyphenation: kum‧pil

Noun

kumpíl (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

1. (Catholicism) confirmation (sacrament)

   Synonyms: pagkukumpil, (obsolete) kumpilma

2. (by extension) light slap on the face

   Synonyms: sampal, tampal

Derived terms

• amang-kumpil
• inang-kumpil
• kumpilan
• kumpilan
• kumpilin
• kumumpil
• magkumpil
• magpakumpil
• makumpilan
• pagkukumpil
• pakumpil
• pakumpilan

 

See also

• kumpirmasyon
• obispo
• sinyuldiya

 

Further reading

• “kumpil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 181: “Confirmar) Compil [(pc)] C. el Obiſpo”