amat-amat

Hanunoo

Etymology

Reduplication of amat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔamatˈʔamat/ [ʔɐ.mɐtˈʔɐ.mɐt]
  • Rhymes: -amat
  • Syllabification: a‧mat-a‧mat

Adverb

amat-amat (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜦ᜴ᜠᜫᜦ᜴)

  1. gradually; slowly
    Synonym: malway-malway

Usage notes

  • This is often said when continuing on a trail after a pause to chew betel.

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat, although possible chance resemblance.

Adverb

amát-amát

  1. gradually, slowly

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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