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kati

Pronunciation: /kaˈti/

“kati” is a Tagalog word. Its 14 meanings in English:

noun

  1. itch; itchiness
  2. urge; lust
  3. restlessness; uneasiness
  4. low tide; ebb tide; ebb
  5. land not reached by sea or rivers
  6. land as opposed to sea
  7. unit of weight equivalent to 623.70 grams or 20 ounces
  8. clicking sound; tick (of metals, china, eggshells, etc.)
  9. act of testing the durability (of wood, metal, eggshell, etc.) by knocking or striking it lightly (on the surface of the teeth)
  10. act of luring with a decoy (of birds, fowl, animals, etc.)
  11. decoy for birds or fowls
  12. enticement; persuasion

adjective

  1. receded (of tides)

numeral

  1. ten million

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatəl with elision of /l/, from Proto-Austronesian *gaCəl. Cognate with Ilocano gatel, Kapampangan gatal, Central Bikol gatol, Waray-Waray katol, Maranao gatel, Malagasy hatina, Malay gatal, and Manggarai katel.

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