Pekto

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of Perfecto, first attested in the 1940s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Pekto (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Perfecto
    • 1999, Philippine Journal of Education:
      Hindi pa gaanong nakalalayo si Pekto sa tindahan ni Mang Peles nang masundan niya ang isang babaeng may akay-akay na batang lalaki. Umiiyak ang bata. "Hindi natin mabibili ang laruang iyon, anak!" sabi ng babae. "Mahal iyon at ...
      Pekto is not yet that far from Mang Peles' store when he followed a lady together with a young boy. The boy is crying. "We can't buy that toy, son!" said by the lady. "It's expensive and ...
    • year unknown, Bigkis Iii, Rex Bookstore, Inc. (→ISBN), page 7:
      Mangyari pang di si Pekto ang hahabol sa pangyayari. “Ano ang nangyari, Ka Punso?” tanong ng binata ni Ka Gabino. “Nagkahiritan ba kayong mabuti?” “ Nahuhuli ako. At sampung likaw na yata ay hindi ko mahalata ang kalabaw niya.
    • 1941, Cecilio Lopez, A manual of the Philippine national language:
      ... 'none, no', mayrodn 'is or are there, has or have', lahdt 'all, everybody, etc' Distributive: tad 'one', bawa't isd 'each or every one', ibd 'another', ildn 'how many' , bdland 'any one, whosoever, etc' For Person. §118. 1. a. Ang naparito'y si Pekto.
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