kalakati

• calacati — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kalukati, kulukati

Uncertain. Possibly from:

• Borrowed from Malay kelekati (“areca-nut cutter”), from Tamil. Compare Maranao kalakati. See also Tamil கத்தி (katti, “knife”).
• Borrowed from Spanish alicate (“pliers”), from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ). Possible doublet of alikate.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalaˈkatiʔ/ [kɐ.lɐˈxaː.t̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -atiʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧ka‧ti

kalakatì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜆᜒ)

1. shear-like tool for cutting betel nuts

• “kalakati”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kalakati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 428.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (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^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 205: “Cuchillo) Calacati (pp) de hechura de tijeras, cortan con el la bellota del buyo”
  • page 575: “Tijeras) Calacati (pp) con q̃ cortãla bonga ꝑa el buyo”