alipusta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aliposta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit परिपुष्ट (paripuṣṭa, “nourished”), from परिपुष् (paripuṣ, “nourish”), with semantic shift over time. Compare Old Javanese paripoṣita (“do something with great care and assiduity”). Also possibly from Sanskrit परिप्लुष्ट (paripluṣṭa, “burned”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalipusˈtaʔ/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.pʊsˈtaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧pus‧ta

Noun

alipustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. insult; taunt; bitter remark

   Synonyms: paghamak, paghalay, insulto, dusta, lait

2. (obsolete) act of verifying something

   Synonyms: alusitha, siyasat

Derived terms

• alipustain
• mag-alipusta
• mang-alipusta
• pag-aalipusta
• pag-alipusta
• umalipusta

 

Adjective

alipustâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. despised and maltreated (due to being lowly)

   Synonyms: api, dusta, amis

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273
• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[1], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[2] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 15
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

• “alipusta” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[4], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “alipusta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018