daktao

Tagalog

Etymology

From dak- +‎ tao, from Cebuano dako.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dakˈtaʔo/ [d̪ɐkˈt̪aː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: dak‧ta‧o

Noun

daktao (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜂ) (neologism)

1. great man

References

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Anagrams

• dakota