bagat

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡat/
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat

Noun

bágat (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. obstruction
    Synonym: sangga

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Malcolm W. Mintz (1971) Bikol Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, page 74

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡat/

Noun

bágat (Badlit spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. the act of meeting, especially on the way or along the way on the sea
  2. the act of bartering products (from the notion that one goes to meet a fisherman and exchanges something for his fish)

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References

  • “bagat” in Cebuano Dictionary | Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010.
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *baʀat (to meet). Compare Ivatan vayat, Ibatan bayat, Masbatenyo bagat, and Cebuano bagat.

Pronunciation

Noun

bagát (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of receiving someone who comes by sea
  2. act of ordaining or appointing or empowering a babaylan (priestess)
  3. act of delaying someone or something
  4. act of examining (as of a sentinel)
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

bagat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of searching a good path to drag a stake of wood
  2. act of searching a path to capture someone (with the same composition)
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