sibastopol

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sebastopol (Sevastopol, a port city in Crimea), from Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ), from Greek Σεβαστούπολη (Sevastoúpoli), from Byzantine Greek Σεβαστούπολις (Sebastoúpolis). See also English guinit helmet.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sibastoˈpol/ [sɪ.bɐs.t̪oˈpol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: si‧bas‧to‧pol

Noun

sibastopól (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. Sebastopol hat; hat made of sun-dried buri palm leaves or cork, designed to resemble a pith helmet
  2. (by extension) pith helmet
  3. (by extension) helmet
    Synonyms: helmet, almete

Derived terms

  • magsibastopol

See also

Further reading

  • English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 166