kalakati

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calacati — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kalukati, kulukati

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from:

• Borrowed from Malay kelekati (“areca-nut cutter”), from Tamil. Compare Maranao kalakati. See also Tamil கத்தி (katti, “knife”).
• Borrowed from Spanish alicate (“pliers”), from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ). Possible doublet of alikate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalaˈkatiʔ/ [kɐ.lɐˈxaː.tɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -atiʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧ka‧ti

Noun

kalakatì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜆᜒ)

1. shear-like tool for cutting betel nuts

Derived terms

• kalakatian
• kalakatiin
• kumalakati
• mangalakati
• mangangalakati

 

See also

• gunting
• karot

 

Further reading

• “kalakati” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kalakati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 428.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 205: “Cuchillo) Calacati (pp) de hechura de tijeras, cortan con el la bellota del buyo”
  • page 575: “Tijeras) Calacati (pp) con q̃ cortãla bonga ꝑa el buyo”