kutkot

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Alternative forms

• kutkut

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kut‧kot
• IPA^(key): /ˈkutkot/ [ˈkut.kot]

Noun

kutkot

1. a dug hole in the ground

   Synonyms: kalot, kalkag

Derived terms

• kutkotan
• kutkoton
• magkutkot

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkutkot/ [ˈkut̪.kot̪]
• Hyphenation: kut‧kot

Verb

kutkot (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. to dig up
2. to scrape off
3. to eat away

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut (“dig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkutkut/ [ˈkut.kot]
• Rhymes: -utkut
• Syllabification: kut‧kot

Noun

kutkot (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜳᜦ᜴ᜣᜳᜦ᜴)

1. hole in the ground
2. (folklore) a Hanunoo ritual, believed to bring the dead back to life, involving exhuming the dead, every two years, and dressing up the corpse

Derived terms

• magkutkot

 

See also

• lubong

 

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 154
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kutkut₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut (“dig”). Also possibly from a reduplication of Hokkien 掘 (ku̍t, “to dig”) as per Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kutˈkot/ [kʊt̪ˈkot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: kut‧kot

Noun

kutkót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. act of scraping, scratching, digging, or burrowing deeper (with one's fingers, paws, etc.)

   Synonyms: kuykoy, kaykay, kahig, dutdot

Derived terms

• kutkutin
• magkutkot
• pagkukutkot

 

Further reading

• “kutkot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kutkut₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 32

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