kumpitiw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• compitio — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kompitiw

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumˈpitiw/ [kʊmˈpiː.t̪iʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -itiw
• Syllabification: kum‧pi‧tiw

Noun

kumpitiw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜏ᜔)

1. globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)

   Synonyms: butones-butonesan, botonsilyo, malabuton

Further reading

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