bansing-tao
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bansi (“native flute”) tao (“people; person”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /banˌsiŋ ˈtaʔo/ [bɐn̪ˌsin̪ ˈt̪aː.ʔo]
- Rhymes: -aʔo
- Syllabification: ban‧sing-ta‧o
Noun
[edit]bansíng-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ) (music, obsolete)
- nose flute made of reed or bamboo
Further reading
[edit]- 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 321: “Flauta) Bangſintavo (pp) haçenla de vn cañuto dela caña anos el ñudo agujereado, y [algunos] puntos, tañenla con las nariçes, ſuena laſtimoſamente, duo dic: bangſi, tavo .|. flauta de Indio”