sakate

Cebuano

Etymology

From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t. Doublet of sakati.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ka‧te
  • IPA(key): /saˈkate/, [s̪ʌˈka.t̪ɪ]

Noun

sakate

  1. swamp ricegrass (Leersia hexandra)

Japanese

Romanization

sakate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さかて

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀲𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • सकते (Devanagari script)
  • সকতে (Bengali script)
  • සකතෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • သကတေ or သၵတေ (Burmese script)
  • สกเต or สะกะเต (Thai script)
  • ᩈᨠᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສກເຕ or ສະກະເຕ (Lao script)
  • សកតេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄇𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

sakate

  1. vocative singular of sakatā (“identity”)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Philippine and Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈkate/, [sɐˈxa.tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ka‧te

Noun

sakate (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜆᜒ)

  1. a type of fodder grass
    Synonyms: kumpay, barit
  2. act of cutting fodder grass (with a scythe or sickle)

Derived terms
  • magsakate
  • magsasakate
  • mananakate
  • sakatihan
  • sakatero

See also

Further reading
  • “sakate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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