bayabasan

Cebuano

Etymology

From bayabas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧ba‧san

Noun

bayabasan

  1. an area dominated by guava trees; a guava plantation
  2. a hypothetical place where students go to skip class or to play truant

Tagalog

Etymology

From bayabas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˌbajabaˈsan/ [ˌbaː.jɐ.bɐˈsan̪] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -an
    • IPA(key): /bajaˈbasan/ [bɐ.jɐˈbaː.sɐn̪] (verb)
      • Rhymes: -asan
  • Syllabification: ba‧ya‧ba‧san

Noun

báyabasán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. guava plantation; guava grove

Verb

bayabasan (complete binayabasan, progressive binabayabasan, contemplative babayabasan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. to add guava fruit in one's cooking

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for bayabasan
affix -an
root word bayabas
trigger object
aspect
infinitive
complete binayabasan
progressive binabayabasan
inabayabasan1
contemplative babayabasan
abayabasan1
imperative bayabasi1

1 Dialectal use only.