taksan

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

taksan

  1. genitive singular of taksa

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tak‧san
  • IPA(key): /takˈsan/, [tɐkˈsan]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese 沢山(たくさ​ん) (takusa​n).

Adjective[edit]

taksán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. (slang, dated) much; many; plenty of (usually reduplicated)
Usage notes[edit]
  • It was commonly used during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

taksán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. quire (of betel leaves)

Further reading[edit]

  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344