kumpilma

Tagalog

Alternative forms

compilma, conpilma — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
kunpilma — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confirmar, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of kumpil and kumpirma.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumpilˈma/ [kʊm.pɪlˈma]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: kum‧pil‧ma

Noun

kumpilmá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜋ) (Catholicism, obsolete)

confirmation (sacrament)
Synonyms: kumpil, pagkukumpil

Derived terms

makumpilmahan
pagkumpilmahan
pakumpilma

Further reading

San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 181: “Confirmar) Compil [(pc)] C. el Obiſpo”