hihip

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog hihip.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧hip
• IPA^(key): /ˈhihip/ [ˈhi.hip]

Verb

hihip

1. (Daet) to blow (to produce an air current)

   Synonyms: hayop, huyop

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hip — contraction, obsolete
• hiyip — obsolete
• ihip

Etymology

From Proto-Southern Philippine *həyə́p (“to blow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *Səyup (“blowing on a fire, etc.”). Compare Botolan Sambal eyep, Bikol Central hayop, Cebuano huyop, Maranao iyop, and Tausug huyup.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhihip/ [ˈhiː.hɪp̚]
    • Rhymes: -ihip
  • IPA^(key): /hiˈhip/ [hɪˈhip̚] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: hi‧hip

Noun

hihip (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜉ᜔)

1. blowing of air from one's mouth
2. playing of a wind instrument
3. gust of wind; puff of wind

   Synonym: simoy

4. blowpipe to stoke a fire by blowing (usually a small bamboo or iron tube)

Derived terms

• hihip ng hangin
• hihipan
• hipan
• humihip
• ihihip
• kahihipan
• mahipan
• paghihip
• pahihip
• panghihip

 

See also

• buga
• hinga

 

Further reading

• “hihip”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 353: “Hinchar) Hiyip (pc) ſoplando bejiga o otra coſa”
  • page 559: “Soplar) Hiyip (pc) con la boca o con cañuto”
  • page 560: “Soplo) Hiyip (pc) de la boca”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Seyup”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI