kakawate

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === kakawati === Etymology === Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cacahuate, variant of cacahuete (“peanut”), from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”). Doublet of kokwa and kakaw. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kakaˈwate/ [kɐ.xɐˈwaː.t̪ɛ] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: ka‧ka‧wa‧te === Noun === kakawate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜏᜆᜒ) quickstick (Gliricidia sepium) Synonyms: madrekakaw, marikakaw, balok-balok === Further reading === “kakawate”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “kakawate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018