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bantiti

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Kavalan

Noun

bantiti

play; stageplay

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 慢遲遲 / 慢迟迟 (bān tî-tî, “sluggishly slow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /banˈtitiʔ/ [bɐn̪ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ] (noun)
  - Rhymes: -itiʔ
- IPA^(key): /bantiˈtiʔ/ [bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪iʔ] (adjective)
  - Rhymes: -iʔ
Syllabification: ban‧ti‧ti

Noun

bantitì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

delay; withholding
Synonym: antala
hesitation; doubt
Synonyms: pag-uurong-sulong, pag-aalinlangan
falling of liquid in small drops

Adjective

bantitî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

hesitant; irresolute
Synonyms: atubili, alinlangan, bantulot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).^[2] Possibly related to etymology 1.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bantiˈtiʔ/ [bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪iʔ]
Rhymes: -iʔ
Syllabification: ban‧ti‧ti

Noun

bantitî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

stage play

Derived terms

References

^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 41

Further reading

“bantiti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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