ipil-ipil

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of ipil.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔipil ˈʔipil/ [ˌʔiː.pɪl ˈʔiː.pɪl]
• Rhymes: -ipil
• Syllabification: i‧pil-i‧pil

Noun

ipil-ipil (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

1. white popinac (Leucaena leucocephala)

   Synonym: santaelena

Further reading

• “ipil-ipil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018