maya-mayain
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- may-in-may-in — syncopated, obsolete
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˌjaʔ majaˈʔin/ [mɐˌjaʔ mɐ.jɐˈʔɪn̪]
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /maˌja(ʔ) majaˈʔin/ [mɐˌjaː mɐ.jɐˈʔɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ma‧ya-ma‧ya‧in
Verb
mayâ-mayaín (complete minaya-maya, progressive minamaya-maya, contemplative mamaya-mayain, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜋᜌᜁᜈ᜔) (obsolete)
- to be done bit by bit from time to time
Further reading
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 827.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier