katam

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Ilocano katam, Tagalog katam, and Tausug katam.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧tam
• IPA^(key): /kaˈtam/ [kaˈtam]

Noun

katám

1. plane (tool)

Derived terms

• kataman
• katamon
• magkatam

 

Brunei Malay

Etymology 1

Cognate to Malay ketam. From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aːm (“crab”) (Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tam/

Noun

katam

1. crab

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tam/

Verb

katam

1. To cut (the panicle of a ripe paddy plant)

Derived terms

• mengatam padi (“to harvest rice”)

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Tagalog katam, Bikol Central katam, and Tausug katam.

Noun

katam

1. plane (tool)

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Ilocano katam, Bikol Central katam, Tagalog katam and Tausug katam.

Noun

katam

1. plane (tool)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Ilocano katam, Bikol Central katam, and Tausug katam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈtam/ [kɐˈt̪am]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: ka‧tam

Noun

katám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜋ᜔) (carpentry)

1. plane (tool for smoothing wood)

Derived terms

• ipangkatam
• kataman
• katamin
• magkatam
• pagkakatam
• pagkataman

 

Further reading

• “katam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 82
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “carpenter's plane”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tamak, takam

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Ilocano katam, Bikol Central katam, and Tagalog katam.

Noun

katam

1. plane (tool)