taeng-bituin

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === taing bituin === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi nu bituqən. By surface analysis, tae (“feces”) +‎ bituin (“star”). Compare Pangasinan tai-bitewen (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Kapampangan taklang-batuin (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Malay tahi bintang (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), and Hokkien 疶屎星 (chhoah-sái-chhiⁿ, “shooting star”, literally “diarrhea star”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌtaʔeŋ bituˈʔin/ [ˌt̪aː.ʔɛm bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔɪn̪] Rhymes: -in IPA(key): /ˌtaʔeŋ bituˈin/ [ˌt̪aː.ʔɛm bɪˈt̪wɪn̪] (colloquial) Syllabification: ta‧eng-bi‧tu‧in === Noun === taeng-bituín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔) (astronomy) meteor; shooting star Synonyms: bulalakaw, meteoro, bituing-alpas, bituing-may-sumbol, (obsolete) sulong-mangayaw meteorite; tektite Synonym: (neologism) bulalato === Further reading === “taeng-bituin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “taeng-bituin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Caqi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI