kiping
kíping with stress marks
rice wafer decoration
Usage Note
Kiping are colorful, leaf-shaped rice wafers made from ground glutinous rice and food coloring, traditionally hung as decorations during the Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon. After the festival, they are often fried and eaten as a snack, making them both decorative and edible.
Examples
" Masarap ang piniritong kiping. "
Natural Translation
The fried rice wafers are delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the fried rice-wafers.
" Makulay ang kiping sa pista. "
Natural Translation
The rice wafer decoration is colorful at the festival.
Literal Translation
Colorful the rice-wafer-decoration at festival.
" Tuwing pista sa Lucban, isinasabit ang makukulay na kiping sa mga bahay bago ito piritahin at kainin ng mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
Every festival in Lucban, the colorful rice wafers are hung on the houses before they are fried and eaten by the visitors.
Literal Translation
Every festival in Lucban, hung the colorful rice-wafers on the houses before it fried and eaten by the visitors.
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