kati
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ti
Verb
kati
- to prime; to prepare a mechanism for its main work
- to keep an amount; often coins; in a wallet, cash register, etc., sometimes superstitiously serving as a charm for money or a talisman for money troubles
- (of a childless couple) to adopt a child in order to promote child bearing, often superstitiously to persuade a higher power to confer a biological child
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:kati.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ti
Noun
Derived terms
- theekatje
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Hausa
Ido
Miskito
Mwani
Swahili
Volapük
Whitesands
References
- Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68
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