katang

• catang – obsolete

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

• Hyphenation: ka‧táng
• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaŋ/, [kɐˈtaŋ]

katáng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜅ᜔)

1. small freshwater crab

• talangka

From Hokkien 加重 (ka-tăng). Compare with Hiligaynon kadang (“stilts”).

• Hyphenation: ka‧tang
• IPA^(key): /ˈkataŋ/, [ˈka.tɐŋ]

katang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜅ᜔)

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

• “katang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 86: “CATANG. pp. navio que boga por mal cargado”
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), 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 (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 131