bansi

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ban‧si

Noun

bansi

  1. largescale flyingfish (Cypselurus oligolepis)

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bansì

  1. thunderstorm

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay bangsi, ultimately from Sanskrit वंशी (vaṃśī, “pipe; flute”)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ban‧si
  • IPA(key): /banˈsiʔ/, [bɐnˈsiʔ]

Noun

bansî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. straw or glass tube (for sipping liquid from any container)
  2. (music) native flute (made of reed or rice stalk)

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