bansi

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ban‧si

Noun

bansi

1. largescale flyingfish (Cypselurus oligolepis)

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bansì

1. thunderstorm

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bangsi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bansî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. straw or glass tube (for sipping liquid from any container)

   Synonym: sipsipan

2. (music) native flute (made of reed or rice stalk)

Derived terms

• bansian
• bansiin
• bansing-tao
• magbansi
• panday-bansi

 

See also

• bulubudyong
• halusan
• huwaho
• istro
• panipsip
• plawta
• tambuli
• turotot

 

Further reading

• “bansi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bangsi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 321: “Flauta) Bangſi (pc) de Igleſia”