kamot
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamət.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mot
- IPA(key): /kaˈmot/
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamət.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mot
- IPA(key): /kaˈmot/, [kʌˈmut̪]
Usage notes
Kamot is a false cognate of Tagalog kamot (“scratch”), and the two are not etymologically related. The Cebuano for “scratch” as in scratching itchy skin is bisog or kuskot.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:kamot.
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamət.
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamət.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mot
- IPA(key): /ˈkamot/, [ˈka.mot]
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