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Kamatis

It was Fresh Tomato Day earlier this month! How do you say “tomato” in your language?


KAMÁTIS • (kuh-MAH-tis)
tomato
Tagálog (Filipino): kamátis


Etymology
From Spanish tomates, plural of tomate “tomato”, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl “tomatillo”


Verb Conjugation
mangamátis, mángamátis, méngamátis – to swell and turn red like a tomato (Actor Focus)
magmúrang-kamátis, mágmúrang-kamátis, migmúrang-kamátis – (literally “immature tomato”) for an old person to try to look young (Actor Focus)