aksaya

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षय (kṣayá, decay, corossion).[1][2]

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Noun

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aksayá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜌ)

  1. waste; wastefulness; squandering

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Adjective

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aksayá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜌ)

  1. wasteful; extravagant
    Synonym: maaksaya
  2. wasted

References

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  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273
  2. ^ Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 15

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