lakatan

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lakatán.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lakaˈtan/ [l̪ɐ.kɐˈt̪an̪]

  • Hyphenation: la‧ka‧tan

Noun

lakatán (Badlit spelling ᜎᜃᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. a diploid banana cultivar from the Philippines

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan lakatan (“lakatan banana; glutinous rice”). The banana was native to Pampanga and was not known in Manila until the 1800s, when an Augustinian priest promoted its propagation throughout the province of Bulacan.[1] See also Kapampangan lakat (“bitumen; wax and oil”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Philippine *lakatán, assumed by Blust et al. (2023) to be a Greater Central Philippines loan distribution.[2]

Compare Ilocano lakatan, Pangasinan lakatan, Central Bikol lakatan, Cebuano lakatan, and Hiligaynon lakatan. See also Chamorro lakatån.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lakaˈtan/ [lɐ.xɐˈt̪an̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: la‧ka‧tan

Noun

lakatán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. lakatan banana (Musa acuminata (AA Group), diploid banana cultivar from the Philippines)

Descendants

  • → Pohnpeian: akadahn

See also

References

  1. ^ Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) (1837), Flora de Filipinas: según el sistema sexual de Linneo (in Spanish), en la imprenta de Sto. Thomas, por Candido Lopez, page 250
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lakatán”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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