dekwat

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From sikwat. ^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdekwat/, [ˈdɛk.wɐt]
Hyphenation: dek‧wat

Noun edit

dekwat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜆ᜔)

(slang) snatching in secret; stealing without someone's knowledge; pilfering

Derived terms edit

References edit

^ Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Further reading edit

“dekwat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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