maputi

See also: maputi'

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq. Compare Hiligaynon maputi, Tagalog puti/maputi, and Tausug maputi'.

Adjective

maputî

  1. white

Higaonon

Adjective

maputi

  1. white

Iranun

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

maputi

  1. white (bright and colourless)

Noun

maputi

  1. white (colour)

Maguindanao

Adjective

maputi

  1. white

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq. Compare Aklanon maputi, Hiligaynon maputi, and Tausug maputi'. By surface analysis, ma- +‎ puti.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mapuˈtiʔ/ [mɐ.pʊˈt̪ɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧pu‧ti

Adjective

maputî (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. white; whitish
  2. lightskinned

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*putiq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.