baktaw

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bakˈtaw/ [bɐkˈt̪aʊ̯]
• 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