akyatan

Tagalog

Etymology

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Tagalog akyat

Proto-Austronesian *-an

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an

Proto-Philippine *-an

Tagalog -an

Tagalog akyatan

From akyat + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔakˈjatan/ [ʔɐk̠ˈjaː.t̪ɐn̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -atan
  • IPA^(key): /ʔakjaˈtan/ [ʔɐk̠.jɐˈt̪an̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ak‧ya‧tan

Noun

akyatan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜌᜆᜈ᜔)

1. tool used to go up a place (such as ladders, staircases, etc.)

   Synonyms: panhikan, sampahan

2. simultaneous ascending; simultaneous climbing (of people, animals, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagpapanhikan, pagsasampahan

Verb

akyatán (complete inakyatan, progressive inaakyatan, contemplative aakyatan, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜌᜆᜈ᜔)

1. to bring something for someone who is upstairs
2. to use in going up (of ladders, staircases, etc.)

   Synonyms: panhikan, sampahan

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for akyatan

affix		-an
root word		akyat
trigger		directional
aspect
infinitive		akyatan
complete		inakyatan
progressive		inaakyatan inaakyatan1
contemplative		aakyatan aakyatan1
imperative		akyati1

¹ Dialectal use only.

Anagrams

• katayan