kalatas

See also: Kalatas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish cartas, plural of carta (letter, missive, chart), from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). The Spanish etymology was provided by the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala of Noceda & Sanlucar. Cognate of Malay kertas. Doublet of karta, tsart, and kard.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧tas
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈtas/, [kɐ.lɐˈtas]

Noun

kalatás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜆᜐ᜔)

  1. (archaic) paper
    Synonym: papel
  2. (archaic) letter (written message)
    Synonyms: sulat, liham

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