Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡat/, [ˈba.ɡat]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat

Noun edit

bágat (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. obstruction
    Synonym: sangga

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • bagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Malcolm W. Mintz (1971) Bikol Dictionary[1], Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, page 74

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡat/, [ˈba.ɡʌt̪]

Noun edit

bágat (Badlit spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. the act of meeting, especially on the way or along the way on the sea
  2. the act of bartering products (from the notion that one goes to meet a fisherman and exchanges something for his fish)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “bagat” in Cebuano Dictionary | Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010.
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[2], Ithaca, New York: Cornell University

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Philippine *baʀat (to meet). Compare Ivatan vayat, Ibatan bayat, Masbatenyo bagat, and Cebuano bagat.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡat/, [bɐˈɣat]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat

Noun edit

bagát (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of receiving someone who comes by sea
  2. act of ordaining or appointing or empowering a babaylan (priestess)
  3. act of delaying someone or something
  4. act of examining (as of a sentinel)
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡat/, [ˈba.ɣɐt]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gat

Noun edit

bagat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of searching a good path to drag a stake of wood
  2. act of searching a path to capture someone (with the same composition)
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit