katitis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catitis — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

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.tɪˈtis]
• 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