Kathy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Kath +‎ -y.

Proper noun

Kathy

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Katherine or Kathleen, also used as a formal given name.
    • 1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36:
      During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy […] At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt […] When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kathy.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkati/ [ˈkaː.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ati
  • Syllabification: Ka‧thy

Proper noun

Kathy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒ)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Katherine or Kathleen, from English, also used as a formal given name.
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