kababayan
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ka- + bayan, with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kabaˈbajan/ [kɐ.bɐˈbaː.jɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -ajan
- Syllabification: ka‧ba‧ba‧yan
Noun
[edit]kababayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜊᜌᜈ᜔)
- fellow resident of the same town or province; fellow citizen
- countrymen; countryfolk; compatriot
- muffin-like bread in the shape of a salakot
Further reading
[edit]- “kababayan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “kababayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms prefixed with ka-
- Tagalog reduplications
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ajan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ajan/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
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