taeng kalapati

Tagalog

Etymology

From tae +‎ kalapati.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌtaʔeŋ kalaˈpati/ [ˌt̪aː.ʔɛŋ kɐ.lɐˈpaː.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ati
  • Syllabification: ta‧eng ka‧la‧pa‧ti

Noun

taeng kalapati (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ)

  1. pigeon guano

Further reading

  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 431