Kabisayaan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Kabisay-an — syncopated

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tagalog Bisaya

Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an

Tagalog ka- -an

Tagalog Kabisayaan

From Bisaya + ka- -an. Compare Cebuano Kabisay-an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kabisaˈjaʔan/ [k̠ɐ.bɪ.sɐˈjaː.ʔɐn̪] (common)
    • Rhymes: -aʔan
  • IPA^(key): /kabisajaˈʔan/ [k̠ɐ.bɪ.sɐ.jɐˈʔan̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Ka‧bi‧sa‧ya‧an

Proper noun

Kabisayaan or Kabisayaán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜐᜌᜀᜈ᜔)

1. Visayas (a region of the Philippines)
2. the Visayan peoples and languages

Further reading

• “Kabisayaan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018