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Tagalog
Etymology
From pa- + kanlog.
Pronunciation
Noun
pakanlóg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- wooden rattle used during Holy Week instead of an ordinary Mass bell
- Synonyms: matraka, traka, palakpak, palango
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Further reading
- 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 409: “Matraca) Pacanlog (pc) de [quatro cañutos] enſartados, que pueſtos en la ſementera tiran dellos cõ vn bejuco des de la caſa y golpean los en otras cañas y hazen mucho ruido.”