taksan

Finnish

Noun

taksan

1. genitive singular of taksa

Anagrams

• Tanska, kansat, kastan, tanska

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /takˈsan/ [tɐkˈsan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tak‧san

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

taksán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

1. (slang, dated) much; many; plenty of (usually reduplicated)

Usage notes

• It was commonly used during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

Derived terms

• taksan-taksan

Etymology 2

Noun

taksán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

1. quire (of betel leaves)

Further reading

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