matsakaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machacado (“knackered; exhausted”) with elision of intervocalic /ð/ (cf. kuwidaw, salpikaw).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mat͡ʃaˈkaw/ [mɐt.t͡ʃɐˈxaʊ̯]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /matsaˈkaw/ [mɐt̪.sɐˈxaʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: mat‧sa‧kaw

Noun

matsakáw (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ᜔ᜐᜃᜏ᜔)

  1. pieces of bread oven-baked and made crisp
    Synonym: biskotso

Further reading

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