alikate

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alicate.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ka‧te
• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈkate/ [ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈka.t̪e]

Noun

alikate

1. (dated) pliers

   Synonym: playis

   Hyponym: longnos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alicate, from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ). Possible doublet of kalakati.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈkate/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈxaː.t̪ɛ], /ʔaliˈkateʔ/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈxaː.t̪ɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -ate, -ateʔ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ka‧te

Noun

alikate or alikatè (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜆᜒ) (dated)

1. pliers (especially for cracking areca nut)

   Synonyms: plais, bokay-pato, kalakati, (obsolete) sagam

Further reading

• “alikate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 25