ipis

Borrowed from Tagalog ipis, from Proto-Philippine *ipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qipəs, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs.

• Hyphenation: i‧pis
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔipis/ [ˈʔi.pis]

ípis

1. cockroach

   Synonym: kuratsa

ipis

1. playing cards; deck of cards

   Synonym: baraja

ipis

1. Romanization of ᮄᮕᮤᮞ᮪

From Proto-Philippine *ipəs (compare Bikol Central ipis, Cebuano ipos, Ilocano ipes, Kapampangan ipas), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ipəs (compare Kimaragang lipos, Malay lipas, Minangkabau lipeh), from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs (compare Amis dadipis, Atayal hipux, Kavalan sipes, Sakizaya dadipis).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔipis/ [ˈʔiː.pɪs]
• Rhymes: -ipis
• Syllabification: i‧pis

ipis (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. cockroach

   Synonyms: (Marinduque) bangkukang, kukaratsa

2. (Marinduque) young, tiny cockroach (in its molting stage)

• → Bikol Central: ipis

• “ipis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sipes”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• isip, Isip, sipi, pisi