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tipay

“tipay” is a Cebuano word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. Pinctada maxima, a pearl oyster having two varieties; the white-lipped oyster and the gold-lipped oyster

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

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