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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog padyak.
Noun
padyak m (plural padyaks)
- (Philippines) rickshaw
2015 November 19, “Filipinas, de isla en isla”, in El País:Muchas poblaciones cuentan también con bicitaxis, también llamados put-put o padyak, para trayectos cortos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Malay pijak.
Pronunciation
Noun
padyák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔)
- stamp (of one's feet)
- Synonyms: karang, takad
- (by extension) pedaling; cycling
- tramp; trample
- (military) march
- (colloquial) pedicab, cycle rickshaw
Derived terms
See also
References
- “padyak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018