kotat

Sense 1

English: Translation

The clucking sound made by hens, especially after laying an egg.

Semantic Domain

Birds

Sense 2

English: Translation

Idiomatically, to be exposed or revealed as the culprit or wrongdoer by being overly reactive or defensive, often through hasty or suspicious behavior.

Semantic Domain

Ideophones, Expressives & Onomatopoeia

Birds

Notes

see: tora’gok

kotat

n., v. (onomatopoeic)

n.
The clucking of a hen, especially the loud, repetitive call (kot-kot-KOTAT) after laying an egg.

Nagkotat na yo manok, ominomon na.
“The hen clucked—it has already laid an egg.”

v.
To cluck; to announce egg-laying.
Derivation: ko-motat / komotat “to cluck”

Idiom (v.):
To incriminate oneself by reacting prematurely—speaking or defending oneself before being accused.

Di’ pa ika pionga’, nikotat na ika.
“You weren’t even asked, yet you’re already clucking.”

Sense extension:
From literal “revealing the nest” → figurative “revealing one’s guilt.”

IPA: /ˈko.tat/

tora'gok → cyclical / time-marking (rooster, dawn)

ta'gok → projected /intentional (human signal, mythic extension)
kotat → event-announcing (egg-laying→ self-revelation metaphor)
siyap → need-based (hunger/contact)
kakak → distress/alarm
oni → general/default categor

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