kudyapi

English

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Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• kudiyapi, kutyapi, kutiyapi

Etymology

From Tagalog kudyapi, Hiligaynon kudyapi and Cebuano kudyapi.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kʊd͡ʒəˈpiː/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /kʊ.d͡ʒɐˈpɪʔ/

Noun

kudyapi (plural kudyapis) (Philippines, music)

1. a boat-shaped lute

Coordinate terms

• sundatang

Cebuano

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa, “tortoise, kind of lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kudˈjapi/ [kʊd̪ˈja.pɪ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧dya‧pi

Noun

kudyapi (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜉᜒ) (music)

1. a kudyapi

Descendants

• → English: kudyapi

Hiligaynon

Noun

kudyapi

1. a kudyapi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• codyapi, coryapi, cudyiapi — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kudiyapi, kuryapi, kutyapi, kutiyapi, kudiapi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa, “tortoise”). Compare Ilocano kudiapi, Central Subanen kutapi', Maranao kotiyapi' (“banjo”), Sundanese kacapi (“zither”), Balinese kacapi, Javanese ꦏꦼꦕꦥꦶ (kecapi), Malay kecapi (“four-stringed lute”), and Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kudjaˈpiʔ/ [kʊd.d͡ʒɐˈpɪʔ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kudjaˈpiʔ/ [kʊd̪.jɐˈpɪʔ]
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • IPA^(key): /kudˈjapiʔ/ [kʊdˈd͡ʒaː.pɪʔ] (obsolete)
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kudˈjapiʔ/ [kʊd̪ˈjaː.pɪʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: kud‧ya‧pi

Noun

kudyapî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜉᜒ)

1. (music) kudyapi (a boat lute)
2. (by extension) lyre

   Synonym: lira

Derived terms

• kudyapian
• kudyapiin
• magkudyapi
• magkukudyapi
• mangudyapi

Descendants

• → English: kudyapi

Further reading

• “kudyapi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kudyapi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 338: “Guitarra) Coryapi (pp) deſta tierra que caſi es como timpano con dos cuerdas de alambre, tañeſe como guitarra con la mano”
  • page 509: “Rabel) Codyapi (pp) [o uiolon] que tocan con arco”
  • page 566: “Tañer) Coryapi (pp) biolon o rabel”
  • page 601: “Violon) Coryapi (pp) o rabel grande”