pangat

Possibly from pál (“water”) + the locative suffix -nga, thus "that which is in water"

pángat

1. A kind of tule or bulrush, Schoenoplectus americanus

pangat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of pangō

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈŋat/ [pɐˈŋat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: pa‧ngat

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋat (“to cook fish in a rich, spicy sauce”). Compare Ilocano pangat, Pangasinan pangat, Bikol Central pangat, Minangkabau pangat, and Malay pengat.

pangát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜆ᜔)

1. fish cooked in water and vinegar and salt added

   Synonyms: pinangat, (Quezon) ginanga, (Quezon) tinigang

Clipping of pangatlong init.

pangát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜆ᜔) (slang)

1. food (usually leftovers) that has been reheated multiple times for eating

• “pangat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paŋat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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