How to Say "Stick" in Tagalog

patpat

In Tagalog, the English phrase "stick" is translated as patpat.

The word patpat specifically refers to a thin, relatively small stick or twig rather than a large branch or a heavy wooden pole.

Meaning: long piece of wood (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The plural form of patpat is formed by adding the marker mga to form mga patpat.

In the Philippines, patpat is a common term for bamboo skewers used in street food, such as for 'fish balls' or 'kwek kwek'.
The word patpat can be used metaphorically in folk descriptions to describe limbs that are unusually thin or spindly, often in a slightly mocking tone.
The word patpat uses reduplication, where the same syllable is repeated, a linguistic pattern often used in Tagalog to denote smallness or a specific quality of an object.

Pinagulong ni Tom ang gulong gamit ang isang patpat.
Tom rolled the tire with a stick.
This sentence shows how to use patpat to describe an object being used to roll something.
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Ang anino ng patpat ay lantad.
The shadow of the stick is visible.
This sentence uses patpat to describe the shadow of the object.
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Kumuha ng isang saging ang unggoy gamit ang patpat.
The monkey took a banana by means of the stick.
This sentence demonstrates using patpat as a tool to reach or take something.
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Ang patpat ay maaaring gamitin bilang suporta sa mga halaman.
The stick can be used as support for plants.
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Jose and Angela are cleaning up the garden together.

Jose

Angela, pakiabot naman ang patpat na iyan.
Angela, please hand me that stick.
Angela

Ito ba ang patpat na kailangan mo, Jose?
Is this the stick you need, Jose?
Jose

Oo, gagamitin ko ito sa paglilinis.
Yes, I will use it for cleaning.
Angela

Sige, heto na ang patpat.
Okay, here is the stick.

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