kagat
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat (“to bite”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC (“to bite”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kaˈɡat/ [kaˈɡat]
- Hyphenation: ka‧gat
Noun
kagát (Basahan spelling ᜃᜄᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
- kagaton
- magkagat
- makagat
- makakagat
- mangagat
See also
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat.
Verb
kagat
- to bite
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat (“to bite”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC (“to bite”). Compare Pangasinan kalat, Kapampangan ket, Bikol Central kagat, Cebuano kagat, and Karo Batak karat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈɡat/ [kɐˈɣat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: ka‧gat
Noun
kagát (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜄᜆ᜔)
Derived terms
- ipakagat
- kagat na kagat
- kagat-kagat
- kagat-labi
- kagatan
- kagatin
- katlabi
- katlabian
- kumagat
- magkagatan
- magpakagat
- magpangagat
- makagat
- mangagat
- mangangagat
- pagkagat
- pagkagat ng dilim
- pakagat
- pakagatin
Further reading
- “kagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaRaC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI