kumpites

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• compites, compitis — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kompites, kompitis
• kumpitis

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confites, plural of confite (“confection”), from Catalan confit, from Medieval Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of kumpeti and kumpitis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumˈpites/ [kʊmˈpiː.t̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -ites
• Syllabification: kum‧pi‧tes

Noun

kumpites (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. comfit; sugar-plum; bonbon; dainty

Derived terms

• kumpitisin
• magkumpites

 

See also

• dulse
• kakanin
• kusilba
• minatamis
• uyamin

 

Further reading

• “kumpites”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 153
• 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 181: “Confites) Compites (pp) C. de açucar”