sakate
Cebuano
Etymology
From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t. Doublet of sakati.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧ka‧te
- IPA(key): /saˈkate/, [s̪ʌˈka.t̪ɪ]
Noun
sakate
- swamp ricegrass (Leersia hexandra)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- सकते (Devanagari script)
- সকতে (Bengali script)
- සකතෙ (Sinhalese script)
- သကတေ or သၵတေ (Burmese script)
- สกเต or สะกะเต (Thai script)
- ᩈᨠᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ສກເຕ or ສະກະເຕ (Lao script)
- សកតេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄇𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)
Noun
sakate
- vocative singular of sakatā (“identity”)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧ka‧te
- IPA(key): /saˈkate/, [sɐˈxa.te]
Noun
sakate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜆᜒ)
- a type of fodder grass
- Synonyms: kumpay, barit
- act of cutting fodder grass (with a scythe or sickle)
Derived terms
- magsakate
- magsasakate
- mananakate
- sakatihan
Related terms
- sakatero
See also
- lagikway
Further reading
- “sakate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018