alupihan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aluhipan, ulahipan — dialectal, Rizal, Marinduque
• ulupihan
• ulapihan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu-hipan, from Proto-Austronesian *qalu-Sipan with metathesis. Compare Kapampangan laipan, Cebuano ulahipan, and Malay lipan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaluˈpihan/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈpiː.hɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ihan
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧pi‧han

Noun

alupihan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜉᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

1. centipede

See also

• antipalo

Further reading

• “alupihan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalu-Sipan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ulahipan, aluhipan