hipon

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog hipon, from Proto-Philippine *hipun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhipon/ [ˈhi.pon̪]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔipon/ [ˈʔi.pon̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧pon

Noun

hípon (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔) (Tagalog-influenced, Daet)

1. shrimp

   Synonym: pasayan

2. prawn

   Synonym: buyod

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *hipun.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧pon
• IPA^(key): /ˈhipon/ [ˈhi.pon̪]

Noun

hipon

1. krill
2. a condiment paste made of fermented or salted krill
3. a dish of sautéed krill paste with garlic and onions
4. a dish of sautéed krill paste with garlic, onions and sliced Averrhoa bilimbi fruits

Dupaningan Agta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.ˈpon/

Noun

hipón

1. (medicine) mucus; head cold

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *hípun (“small shrimp”). Compare Cebuano hipun (“tiny shrimp”) and Mansaka ipon (“small fish”). See also Central Dusun tipun (“shrimp”). The “butterface” sense is from people eating the body of the shrimp and treating the head as undesirable by throwing it away.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhipon/ [ˈhiː.pon̪]
• Rhymes: -ipon
• Syllabification: hi‧pon

Noun

hipon (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. shrimp; prawn
2. (figurative, slang, derogatory) butterface; prawn; shrimp (person with an attractive body but an unattractive face)

Derived terms

• hipong bulik
• hipong prito
• hipong puti
• hipong rebusado
• hipong-alat
• hipong-himay
• hipong-ilog
• hipong-laot
• hipong-tabang
• hipong-tuyo
• maghihipon
• maghipon
• mahipon
• manghipon
• palahipunan

 

See also

• kulagya
• sugpo
• suwahe
• ulang

 

Further reading

• “hipon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 138: “Camarones) Hipon (pp) muý pequeñitos, cojen los en garlitos q̃ ponen ẽ los cañales de los rios”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hípun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• hipno