iskawt

• eskaut — obsolete
• iskaut — dated

Borrowed from English scout, from Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔisˈkawt/ [ʔɪsˈkaʊ̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -awt
• Syllabification: is‧kawt

iskáwt (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜏ᜔ᜆ᜔)

1. scout (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
2. scout (member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)

• “iskawt”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025