Sumpit and sumpitan are general terms for blowguns, usually tipped with iron spearheads, used for hunting and warfare in the islands of the Philippines, Borneo, and Sulawesi. They were also known as zarbatana by the Spanish ( Old Spanish variant of cerbatana , "lance").

Jun 23, 2021 · ‘Sumpit’ or ‘sumpitan’ are what we call the blowpipe or blowgun in Borneo. Some communities in the Philippines and Sulawesi also refer to the blowpipe as ‘sumpit’.

Jan 3, 2021 · Other species of fish that are listed as “poisonous to eat” are some species of these kinds of fish: • sharks or pating • surgeonfish or labahita • goby or biyang dagat • oilfish or sumpitan There are other fish that are also considered dangerous to eat, and it’s not always because the fish itself is poisonous. It can also be ...

[They] were ever ready to..puff the upas-laden dart through the sumpitan, the noiseless blow-pipe that is the characteristic weapon of the Borneo native. Suki said many of the younger generation also did not know how to weave a mat, make a ‘bubu’ (fish trap) or even a ‘ sumpitan ’ (blowpipe).

Jan 2, 2025 · an archerfish, a kind of fish that shoots insects with water in the genus Toxotes; usually as ikan sumpit or sumpit-sumpit.

Sumpitan may refer to: Sumpit, a traditional blowgun weapon from the Philippines, Borneo, and Sulawesi; Sumpitan, a ship formerly the Empire Seafarer, scrapped 1965

Oct 12, 2008 · Tile fish Lumod (Cebu) Malacanthidae Bodianus mesothorax (bloch & Schneider 1801) Splitlevelhogfish Lakoy (Cebu) Labridae Caesio caerulaurea (Lacepede 1801) ... Sumpitan (Guimaras) Gempylidae Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel 1844) Striped bonito Panit-panit (Iloilo) Sigenya (Guimaras) Scombridae

Jun 14, 2011 · The Filipino word for blowgun is “sumpit” or “sumpitan.” Used by the natives for both hunting and warfare, the blowgun is among the Philippine weapons described in details by Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan.

The sumpitan (also leput, lohinglambi, spiut, sumpit) is a combination weapon (blowgun and lance) from Borneo. It is used by the various Dayak groups, but also by the Buna, the pre-Malay inhabitants of the mountainous inland, as a hunting and war weapon.

The sumpitan is used with lightweight poisoned darts to hunt birds and small game but have been known to have been used in combat. The darts can achieve a direct hit at around 20-25 metres and the darts allegedly leave the blowpipe at a speed of 180km (over 110 miles) an hour.