baktaw

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 墨斗 (ba̍k-táu, “ink marker”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bakˈtaw/ [bɐkˈtaʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: bak‧taw

Noun

baktáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. (carpentry) carpenter's ink marker (inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
    Synonyms: pamitik, pitik

Derived terms
  • baktawan

Further reading
  • “baktaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 143
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