kagat

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat (“to bite”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC (“to bite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɡat/ [kaˈɡat]

• Hyphenation: ka‧gat

Noun

kagát (Basahan spelling ᜃᜄᜆ᜔)

1. bite

Derived terms

• kagaton
• magkagat
• makagat
• makakagat
• mangagat

See also

• libaka
• ludog
• simot
• singot
• tuka

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat.

Verb

kagat

1. to bite

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀat (“to bite”), from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀaC (“to bite”). Compare Pangasinan kalat, Kapampangan ket, Bikol Central kagat, Cebuano kagat, and Karo Batak karat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡat/ [kɐˈɣat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ka‧gat

Noun

kagát (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜄᜆ᜔)

1. bite

Derived terms

• ipakagat
• kagat na kagat
• kagat-kagat
• kagat-labi
• kagatan
• kagatin
• katlabi
• katlabian
• kumagat
• magkagatan
• magpakagat
• magpangagat
• makagat
• mangagat
• mangangagat
• pagkagat
• pagkagat ng dilim
• pakagat
• pakagatin

Further reading

• “kagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaRaC”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tagak