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Tagalog
Etymology
From ma- + katha. Doublet of makata.
Pronunciation
Noun
makathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ) (obsolete)
- liar; fabricator; someone who invents made-up stories
- Synonyms: sinungaling, mapag-imbento, (gay slang) echosera
- (colloquial) gossiper
- Synonyms: tsismoso, tsismosa
- alternative form of makata: poet
See also
Further reading
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 736.
- 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
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- 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 488: “Poeta) Macatha (pc) q̃ compone, ad) de catha”