sukat ang katagang sabi sa mabuting umiintindi

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “a word is enough to those who understand well”. Calque of Spanish a buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /suˌkat ʔaŋ kataˌɡaŋ ˌsabi sa maˌbutiŋ ʔumiʔintinˈdi/, [sʊˌxat ʔɐŋ kɐ.tɐˌɣan ˌsa.bɪ sɐ mɐˌbu.tɪŋ ʔʊ.mɪ.ʔɪn.tɪnˈdi]

Proverb[edit]

sukát ang katagáng sabi sa mabuting umiintindi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜆᜄᜅ᜔ ᜐᜊᜒ ᜐ ᜋᜊᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜂᜋᜒᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. a nod is as good as a wink

Further reading[edit]

  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1109.
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