dekwat

Tagalog

Etymology

From sikwat. [1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdekwat/ [ˈdɛk.wɐt]
  • Rhymes: -ekwat
  • Syllabification: dek‧wat

Noun

dekwat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. (slang) snatching in secret; stealing without someone's knowledge; pilfering

Derived terms

References
  1. Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “dekwat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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