pataraka

Tagalog

Etymology

From corruption of Spanish matraca, from Andalusian Arabic, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq), variant of Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa, “hammer”). Doublet of matraka.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pataˈɾaka/ [pɐ.t̪ɐˈɾaː.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ra‧ka

Noun

pataraka (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜇᜃ) (Marinduque)

  1. split-bamboo noisemaker or clapper used during Lent
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