kumpil

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumˈpil/ [kʊmˈpil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: 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

Further reading

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