takatak

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of tak +‎ a +‎ tak. Calque of German sowieso. Compare tak czy siak.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /taˈka.tak/

Conjunction

takatak

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) nevertheless; however

   Synonyms: jednakowoż, mimo to

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “takatak”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 309

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /takaˈtak/ [t̪ɐ.xɐˈt̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ta‧ka‧tak

Noun

takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)

1. sound of falling raindrops on the roof (especially on galvanized iron roofing)
2. (by extension) click-clack; clickety clack; sound of click-clacking (of typewriters, keyboards, footwear on the floor, etc.)
3. (dated) clackers

   Synonym: lato-lato

Derived terms

• pagtakatak
• takatak boy
• tumakatak

 

Related terms

• tikatik

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈkatak/ [t̪ɐˈxaː.t̪ɐk̚], /takaˈtak/ [t̪ɐ.xɐˈt̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -atak, -ak
• Syllabification: ta‧ka‧tak

Noun

takatak or takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)

1. plant grown of fallen seeds or stumps from a previous harvest (especially of rice)

See also

• ligaw

Adjective

takatak or takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)

1. grown of fallen seeds or stumps from a previous harvest (especially of rice)

Further reading

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