takatak
Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of tak + a + tak. Calque of German sowieso. Compare tak czy siak.
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): /taˈka.tak/
Conjunction
takatak
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) nevertheless; however
- Synonyms: jednakowoż, mimo to
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “takatak”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 309
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /takaˈtak/ [t̪ɐ.xɐˈt̪ak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: ta‧ka‧tak
Noun
takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)
- sound of falling raindrops on the roof (especially on galvanized iron roofing)
- (by extension) click-clack; clickety clack; sound of click-clacking (of typewriters, keyboards, footwear on the floor, etc.)
- (dated) clackers
- Synonym: lato-lato
Derived terms
- pagtakatak
- takatak boy
- tumakatak
Related terms
- tikatik
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈkatak/ [t̪ɐˈxaː.t̪ɐk̚], /takaˈtak/ [t̪ɐ.xɐˈt̪ak̚]
- Rhymes: -atak, -ak
- Syllabification: ta‧ka‧tak
Noun
takatak or takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)
See also
Adjective
takatak or takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)
Further reading
- “takatak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018