kuwitis
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈitis/, [ˈkwi.t̪ɪs̪]
- Hyphenation: ku‧wi‧tis
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cohetes, plural of cohete (“rocket”), from Catalan coet, ultimately from Latin cauda (“tail”). Doublet of koda and kola.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈitis/ [ˈkwi.tɪs]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: ku‧wi‧tis
Noun
kuwitis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)
- rocket-type firecracker; skyrocket
- year unknown, Noli Me Tangere Ni Jose Rizal 1999 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 136:
- Bukod sa limang banda ng musiko at tatlong orkestra na inarkila para maging maringal ang pista'y katakut-takot ding mga kuwitis at bomba ang pinapuputok.
- 1989, First National Conference on the Philippine-American War, 1899-1914, July 3-4, 1989:
- Una pa sa rito, ang mga iba't-ibang paraang ginamit ng mga Katipunan para hudyatan o senyasan ay ang pagpapataas o, pagpapalipad ng lobo, pagsisindi ng kuwitis.” at ang pagpatay . ng ilaw-elektrisidad sa , may Luneta, Maynila ...
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- year unknown, Noli Me Tangere Ni Jose Rizal 1999 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 136:
See also
- labintador
- luses
- paputok
- puwegos artipisyales
Further reading
- “kuwitis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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