dekwat

Tagalog

Etymology

From sikwat. [1]

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: dek‧wat

IPA^(key): /ˈdekwat/, [ˈdek.wɐt]

Noun

dekwat

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

Derived terms

dekwatin
pagdekwat

References

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: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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