katang

See also: katáng

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Either from Proto-Philippine *kataŋ, or cognate to Malay ketam, which came from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aːm (“crab”) (cf. Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaŋ/ [kɐˈt̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧tang

Noun

katáng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜅ᜔)

1. small freshwater crab

See also

• talangka

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 加重 (ka-tăng, “to add weight”). Compare with Hiligaynon kadang (“stilts”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkataŋ/ [ˈkaː.t̪ɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ataŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧tang

Noun

katang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜅ᜔)

1. tow tilting a boat with a heavy load
2. support; stand; counterweight; base supporting something

Derived terms

• ikatang
• katangan

See also

• ansal

Further reading

• “katang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 86: “CATANG. pp. navio que boga por mal cargado”
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 377: “CATANG. pc. cangrejillos pequeños”
• Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 82
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 131
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kataŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tangka, angkat