bakin

Borrowed from Tagalog bakin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakin/ [ˈba.kin̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧kin

bákin (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (Daet, interrogative) why

   Synonyms: tano, nata, hadaw, tadaw, porke

baki +‎ -n (case suffix)

• Hyphenation: ba‧kin
• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkin]

bakin

1. superessive singular of baki

• bacqin, baquin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bayn — Batangas

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbakin/ [ˈbaː.xɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -akin
• Syllabification: ba‧kin

bakin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜒᜈ᜔) (archaic, now dialectal)

1. why; for what reason

   Synonyms: bakit, makin

• “bakin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 502: “Pues como ) Bacqin (pp) comparatibe”

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