puyat

See also: Puyat

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧yat
• IPA^(key): /ˈpujat/, [ˈpu.jat]

Adjective

púyat (intensified puyaton)

1. sleepless

   Antonym: mungaw-mungaw

Noun

púyat

1. insomnia, sleeplessness

   Antonym: mungaw

Derived terms

• kapuyatan
• magpuyat
• puyaton

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpujat/, [ˈpu.jɐt] (noun)
  • IPA^(key): /puˈjat/, [pʊˈjat] (adjective)
• Rhymes: (noun) -ujat, (adjective) -at
• Homophone: Puyat (noun)
• Syllabification: pu‧yat

Noun

puyat (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)

1. sleeplessness; insomnia

Derived terms

• mapuyat

 

Adjective

puyát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)

1. sleepless

Derived terms

• magpuyat

 

Further reading

• “puyat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*púyat”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary