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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈlakal/
- Hyphenation: ka‧la‧kal
Noun
kalákal
- product
- Synonym: produkto
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Kapampangan kalakal.
Pronunciation
Noun
kalakal (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜎ᜔)
- (business, trading) commodity
- Synonyms: paninda, tinda
- (colloquial) junk (discarded items)
Derived terms
Noun
kalakál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜎ᜔)
- (obsolete) sticks used for counting
See also
Further reading
- “kalakal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 186: “Contratar) Calacal (pp) en mercaduria”
- page 419: “Mercadear) Calacal (pp) tratãdo”
- page 586: “Trato) Calacal (pp) de coſas grueſas”