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Tagalog
Etymology
From kalapati + -han.
Pronunciation
Noun
kálapatíhan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜑᜈ᜔)
- dove cage; dovecote
- Synonym: bahay-kalapati
Further reading
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 225
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 431.
- 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 462: “Palomar) Palapatihan (pp) de palomas, ſale de palapati”