maykaraang siyam
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- maycaraan siyam, meycaraan siyam — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From maykaraan (“comprising a hundred; range between 90 and 99”) + -g + siyam (“nine”). Compare Kapampangan mekarinalang siam.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /majkaˌɾaʔaŋ siˈam/ [maɪ̯.xɐˌɾaː.ʔɐn̪ ˈʃam]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /majkaˌɾaʔaŋ siˈam/ [maɪ̯.xɐˌɾaː.ʔɐn̪ ˈsjam]
- IPA(key): /majkaɾaˌʔaŋ siˈam/ [maɪ̯.xɐ.ɾɐˌʔan̪ ˈʃam] (modern pronunciation)
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /majkaɾaˌʔaŋ siˈam/ [maɪ̯.xɐ.ɾɐˌʔan̪ ˈsjam] (modern pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /majkaˌɾaʔaŋ siˈam/ [maɪ̯.xɐˌɾaː.ʔɐn̪ ˈʃam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: may‧ka‧ra‧ang si‧yam
Numeral
maykaraang siyám or maykaraáng siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ᜃᜇᜀᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔) (obsolete)
- ninety-nine
- Synonyms: siyamnapu't siyam, nobenta y nuwebe