katitis

Tagalog

Alternative forms

catitis — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Clipping of Spanish catecismo, with the middle ⟨c⟩ possibly influenced by Spanish /θ/ sound to change to /t/.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /katiˈtis/ [kɐ.tɪˈtis]
Rhymes: -is
Syllabification: ka‧ti‧tis

Noun

katitís (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

Alternative form of katesismo

Further reading

Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 474.
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 123

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