kachat

== Tagalog == === Etymology === From ka- +‎ chat. The root itself being an unadapted borrowing from English chat. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃat/ [kɐtˈt͡ʃat̪̚] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /katˈsat/ [kɐt̪ˈsat̪̚] Rhymes: -at Syllabification: ka‧chat === Noun === kachát (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔) chatmate