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Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from:
Pronunciation
Noun
kalakatì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜆᜒ)
- shear-like tool for cutting betel nuts
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “kalakati”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “kalakati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 428.
- 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 205: “Cuchillo) Calacati (pp) de hechura de tijeras, cortan con el la bellota del buyo”
- page 575: “Tijeras) Calacati (pp) con q̃ cortãla bonga ꝑa el buyo”