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