akyat

Tagalog

Etymology

From (Northern) Proto-Philippine *kayat (“to climb vertically (as ladder, tree)”) with metathesis. Compare Yami kalat, Ivatan kayat, Tuwali Ifugao kayat, Batad Ifugao āyat, and Kapampangan ukiat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔakˈjat/, [ʔɐkˈjat]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ak‧yat

Noun

akyát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜌᜆ᜔)

1. climb; ascent

   Synonyms: panhik, (Batangas, Quezon) adyo

2. promotion; raise in rank or position
3. income; earning (from a business)

   Synonym: panhik

4. (colloquial) visit of a suitor to the girlfriend's house

   Synonym: (Batangas, Quezon) adyo

Derived terms

• akyat-bahay
• akyat-barko
• akyatan
• akyatin
• iakyat
• mang-akyat
• paakyat
• pag-aakyat
• pag-akyat
• saaakyat
• umakyat
• umakyat nang ligaw

 

See also

• ukyabit

 

Further reading

• “akyat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*kayat”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary