kalakati

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === calacati — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling 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.t̪ɪʔ] Rhymes: -atiʔ Syllabification: ka‧la‧ka‧ti === Noun === kalakatì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃᜆᜒ) shear-like tool for cutting betel nuts ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “kalakati”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “kalakati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: 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, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. 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”