bisisto

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish bisiesto, from Old Spanish bissiesto, from Latin bisextus (“intercalary day”). Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language. Doublet of bisyesto.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bisisˈto/ [bɪ.sɪsˈt̪o]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: bi‧sis‧to

Adjective

bisistó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. alternative form of bisyesto

Noun

bisistó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. alternative form of bisyesto
  2. vegetables which fail to mature due to unfavorable climate conditions

References

  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889), Diccionario Hispano-tagálog‎[1], Manila, page 91: “BISIESTO.”.
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎[2], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
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