akot

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hakut (transport piecemeal; transport through repeated trips), from Proto-Austronesian *SakuC (transport piecemeal; transport through repeated trips). Compare Tagalog hakot, Mansaka akot, and Maranao akot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakut/ [ˈʔa.kot]
  • Rhymes: -akut
  • Syllabification: a‧kot

Noun

akot (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳᜦ᜴)

  1. packing, carrying, or slinging on one's back

Derived terms

  • mag-akot

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*SakuC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

Verb

akot

  1. to carry

Maranao

Verb

akot

  1. to carry