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Literally, “has a blood-sucking tick on his head”.
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maj kaˌtoʔ sa ˈʔulo/ [maɪ̯ xɐˌt̪oʔ sɐ ˈʔuː.lo]
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /maj kaˌto(ʔ) sa ˈʔulo/ [maɪ̯ xɐˌt̪oː sɐ ˈʔuː.lo]
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Syllabification: may ka‧to sa u‧lo
may katô sa ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ ᜃᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜂᜎᜓ)
- (idiomatic) cuckoo; one who is extremely fond of joking
- Synonyms: may kato sa katawan, pilyo, palabiro