ispageti
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- espagete – colloquial
- spageti
Etymology
Borrowed from English spaghetti, from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto. The dance move was popularized by SexBomb Girls who released The Spageti Song in 2003.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: is‧pa‧ge‧ti
- IPA(key): /ʔispaˈɡeti/, [ʔɪs.pɐˈɣe.tɪ]
- IPA(key): /spaˈɡeti/, [spɐˈɣe.tɪ] (colloquial)
Noun
ispageti (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜄᜒᜆᜒ)
- spaghetti
- 1997, Teresita Ang See, Caroline Sy Hau, Joaquin Sy, Voices Mga Tinig The Best of Tulay:
- Para maugpungan ang kita ng bana, alas-kuwatro pasado pa lang ng madaling-araw ay nagigising na siya para magprito ng saba, lumpia, kamote, at magluto ng biko, ispageti at iba pang meryenda.
- 1997, Teresita Ang See, Caroline Sy Hau, Joaquin Sy, Voices Mga Tinig The Best of Tulay:
- (dance) dance move in which the dancer would twirl down then up while pointing the index finger up with elbows bent
Further reading
- “ispageti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Filipino spaghetti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia