katipan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ti‧pan

Noun

katipan

1. the tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catipan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From ka- +‎ tipan (“pact; covenant; engagement; tryst”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /katiˈpan/ [kɐ.t̪ɪˈpan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ti‧pan

Noun

katipán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜈ᜔)

1. betrothed; fiancé; fiancée

   Synonyms: kasintahan, kasiyo, nobyo, nobya, katikya

2. (now uncommon) partner in an arrangement

   Synonyms: kasundo, katikya, kataktak

   katipan sa negosyo ― business partner

See also

• komprometida
• komprometido

 

Further reading

• “katipan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “katipan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018