sumpitan

English

Etymology

From Malay sumpitan.

Noun

sumpitan (plural sumpitans or sumpitan)

1. The sumpit.

References

• “sumpitan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• map units, putanism

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare sumpit.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sum‧pi‧tan

Noun

sumpitan

1. oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)

Malay

Alternative forms

• سومڤيتن

Noun

sumpitan (Jawi spelling سومڤيتن)

1. Alternative form of sumpit (“blowpipe”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna), زَرْبَطَانَة (zarbaṭāna), زَبَطَانَة (zabaṭāna)
  • → Catalan: sarabatana, sarbatana
  • → French: sarbacane
  • → Italian: cerbottana
  • → Portuguese: zarabatana, sarabatana, zarvatana
  • → Spanish: cerbatana
• → English: sumpitan
• → Persian: زبطانه (zabatâne), زربطانه (zarbatâne).