kupete

• copiti — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kupiti — obsolete

Borrowed from Spanish copete (“crest; tuft”), according to Panganiban (1973).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈpete/ [kʊˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ku‧pe‧te

kupete (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉᜒᜆᜒ)

1. feeling of inferiority or timidity

   Synonym: panganganino

2. tuft of hair
3. projecting top of ice in ice cream and iced drinks above the rim of its container
4. top bun; topknot

• “kupete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 322
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 513.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 187: “Copete) Copete (pp) C. de la cabeça”