katitis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of Spanish catecismo, with the middle ⟨c⟩ possibly influenced by Spanish /θ/ sound to change to /t/.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /katiˈtis/ [kɐ.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪs]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: ka‧ti‧tis

Noun

katitís (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. alternative form of katesismo

Further reading

  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 474.
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 123
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