pamagat

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • magat – contraction, obsolete
  • gat – contraction, obsolete

Etymology

According to Postma (1991), it could be from Old Javanese pamgat / pamagat or Old Tagalog pamagat,[1] possibly conjugated through pam- +‎ bagat[2] or pa- +‎ magat. Compare Malay megat.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ma‧gat
  • IPA(key): /pamaˈɡat/, [pɐ.mɐˈɣat]
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

pamagát

  1. title (name of a book, writing, paper, film, video, musical piece, painting, sculpture, or other work of art)
    Synonym: titulo
  2. (dated) A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification.
  3. (obsolete) nickname

Derived terms

References
  1. Postma, Antoon (1991), “The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: A Valuable Philippine Document”, in Indo-Pacific Prehistory 1990 Assn. Bulletin 11‎ (PDF), volume 2, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines: Mangyan Assistance and Research Center, page 165.
  2. Jean-Paul G. POTET (2016) Seventeenth-Century Events at Liliw‎, Jean-Paul G. POTET, page 41
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