sakate

Cebuano

Etymology

From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t. Doublet of sakati.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧ka‧te
• IPA^(key): /saˈkate/ [s̪ɐˈka.t̪e]

Noun

sakate

1. swamp ricegrass (Leersia hexandra)

Japanese

Romanization

sakate

1. Rōmaji transcription of さかて

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सकते (Devanagari script)
• সকতে (Bengali script)
• සකතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သကတေ or သၵတေ (Burmese script)
• สกเต or สะกะเต (Thai script)
• ᩈᨠᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ສກເຕ or ສະກະເຕ (Lao script)
• សកតេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄇𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

sakate

1. vocative singular of sakatā (“identity”)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈkate/ [sɐˈxaː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: sa‧ka‧te

Noun

sakate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜆᜒ)

1. a type of fodder grass

   Synonyms: kumpay, barit

2. act of cutting fodder grass (with a scythe or sickle)

Derived terms

• magsakate
• magsasakate
• mananakate
• sakatihan

 

Related terms

• sakatero

See also

• lagikway

Further reading

• “sakate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018