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Tagalog
Etymology 1
From ma- + kuto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
makuto (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜓᜆᜓ)
- lousy; infested with plenty of lice
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish macuto.
Pronunciation
Noun
makuto (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜓᜆᜓ) (obsolete)
- bag (especially school children's bag made of canvas)
Further reading
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN