aklat

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔakˈlat/ [ʔʌk̠̚ˈlʌt̚]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /ʔakˈrat/ [ʔʌk̠̚ˈrʌt̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: ak‧lat

Noun

aklát

  1. a kind of basket

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 93

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔakˈlat/ [ʔɐkˈlat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: ak‧lat

Noun

aklát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. book; tome; volume
    Synonym: libro
    Nakalulula ang dami ng mga aklat na inilalathala bawat taon. Mababasa pa ba natin itong lahat?
    The amount of books published each year is staggering. Can we still read all of these?
  2. (obsolete) the act of flipping the pages of a book

Derived terms

Further reading

  • aklat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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