kukaratsa
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish cucaracha. Doublet of kuratsa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kukaˈɾat͡ʃa/ [kʊ.xɐˈɾaː.t͡ʃɐ]
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃa, (no yod coalescence) -atsa
- Syllabification: ku‧ka‧rat‧sa
Noun
[edit]kukaratsa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜃᜇᜆ᜔ᜐ)
- cockroach
- Synonyms: ipis, (Marinduque) bangkukang
Further reading
[edit]- “kukaratsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/at͡ʃa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/at͡ʃa/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Cockroaches