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Bikol Central
Etymology
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kut‧kot
- IPA(key): /ˈkutkot/
Noun
kutkot
- a dug hole in the ground
- Synonyms: kalot, kalkag
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkutkot/
- Hyphenation: kut‧kot
Verb
kutkót (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔)
- to dig up
- to scrape off
- to eat away
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
Noun
kutkot
- a Hanunuo ritual, believed to bring the dead back to life, involving exhuming the dead, every two years, and dressing up the corpse
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut (“dig”). Also possibly from a reduplication of Hokkien 掘 (ku̍t, “to dig”) as per Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
Noun
kutkót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔)
- act of scraping, scratching, digging, or burrowing deeper (with one's fingers, paws, etc.)
- Synonyms: kuykoy, kaykay, kahig, dutdot
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kutkot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kutkut₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 32
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