pikaporte

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish picaporte (“spring latch; catch bolt”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pikaˈpoɾte/ [pɪ.xɐˈpoːɾ.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: pi‧ka‧por‧te

Noun

pikaporte (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. (obsolete) type of earring with a latch

See also

• hikaw

Further reading

• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN