kaniya-kaniyang bayad
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- KKB — initialism
- kanya-kanyang bayad
Etymology
From kaniya-kaniya (“to each their own”) + -ng + bayad (“payment”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaniˌa kaniˌaŋ ˈbajad/ [kɐˌɲa xɐˌɲam ˈbaː.jɐd̪̚]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kaniˌa kaniˌaŋ ˈbajad/ [kɐˌn̪ja xɐˌn̪jam ˈbaː.jɐd̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ajad
- Syllabification: ka‧ni‧ya-ka‧ni‧yang ba‧yad
Noun
kaniyá-kaniyáng bayad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔) (informal)
- splitting one's cost relative to what one bought; going Dutch
- Synonym: ambagan
Adjective
kaniyá-kaniyáng bayad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔) (informal)