kamto

Tagalog

Flank steak location on a cow

Flank Steak Cuts of Beef Camto

Alternative forms

• camto — Spanish-based orthography
• kanto — dialectal, Rizal

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly from:

• From 𰯔 (kâm) + 肚 (tǒ͘, “tripe; belly; entrails; animal stomach”), defined as "entrails of sow or ox", according to Chan-Yap (1980). See also 含 (kâm, “to hold shut as the mouth; to hold in the mouth”).
• From 崁 (khàm, “covering”) + 肚 (tǒ͘, “tripe; belly; entrails; animal stomach”), according to Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkamto/ [ˈkam.t̪o], /kamˈto/ [kɐmˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -amto, -o
• Syllabification: kam‧to

Noun

kamto or kamtó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. beef flank; lean flank steak

See also

• goto
• kasim
• liyempo
• paykot
• tito
• ulikba

References

• 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 135
• 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 29