kumpites

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confites, plural of confite (“confection”), from Catalan confit, from Medieval Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of kumpeti and kumpitis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumˈpites/ [kʊmˈpiː.t̪ɛs]
  • Rhymes: -ites
  • Syllabification: kum‧pi‧tes

Noun

kumpites (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. comfit; sugar-plum; bonbon; dainty

Derived terms

  • kumpitisin
  • magkumpites

See also

Further reading

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