kapanganakan

Tagalog

Etymology

From panganak +‎ ka- -an, the former from pang- (“instrumental prefix”) +‎ anak (“child”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kapaŋaˈnakan/ [kɐ.pɐ.ŋɐˈn̪aː.xɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -akan
  • Syllabification: ka‧pa‧nga‧na‧kan

Noun

kapanganakan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜅᜈᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. (medicine) birth (act of being born)
    Synonym: pagkapanganak
  2. birth (beginning or start)
  3. birthday
    Synonyms: kaarawan, bertdey, kumpleanyo

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.