makatha
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- macatha — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /makatˈhaʔ/, [mɐ.xɐtˈhaʔ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧kat‧ha
- Rhymes: -aʔ
Noun
makathâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ) (obsolete)
- liar; fabricator; someone who invents made-up stories
- Synonyms: sinungaling, mapag-imbento
- gossiper
- Alternative form of makata: poet
Related terms
- maykatha
Further reading
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 736.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 488: “Poeta) Macatha (pc) q̃ compone, ad) de catha”
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