batikabesa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish baticabeza (“click beetle; spring beetle; skipjack”, literally “beat-head”). By surface analysis, bati +‎ kabesa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /batikaˈbesa/ [bɐ.t̪ɪ.xɐˈbɛː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: ba‧ti‧ka‧be‧sa

Noun

batikabesa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜃᜊᜒᜐ) (dialectal, Cavite)

  1. giant click beetle (Oxynopterus mucronatus)
    Synonym: patango

See also

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