pulot-gata

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pulutgata
• pulut-gata — superseded, 2007

Etymology

From pulot (“honey”) +‎ gata (“coconut milk”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˌlot ɡaˈtaʔ/ [pʊˌlot̪ ɡɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧lot-ga‧ta

Noun

pulót-gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜆ)

1. honeymoon

   Synonyms: luna de miyel, hanimun

2. (obsolete) coconut milk with honey (or sugar)

Derived terms

• ipagpulot-gata
• magpulot-gata
• pulot-gatain

 

Adjective

pulót-gatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜆ)

1. (figurative, obsolete) exquisite; rich
2. (figurative, colloquial, obsolete) very tasty

Further reading

• “pulot-gata”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “pulut-gata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1088.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier