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Tagalog
Etymology
From pulot (“honey”) + gata (“coconut milk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pulót-gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜆ)
- honeymoon
- Synonyms: luna de miyel, hanimun
- (obsolete) coconut milk with honey (or sugar)
Derived terms
Adjective
pulót-gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜆ)
- (figurative, obsolete) exquisite; rich
- (figurative, colloquial, obsolete) very tasty
Further reading
- “pulot-gata”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “pulut-gata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1088.
- 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