puyat

See also: Puyat

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧yat
  • IPA(key): /ˈpujat/ [ˈpu.jat]

Adjective

púyat (intensified puyaton)

  1. sleepless
    Antonym: mungaw-mungaw

Noun

púyat

  1. insomnia, sleeplessness
    Antonym: mungaw

Derived terms

Ibaloi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pujat/ [pujɐt]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧yat

Noun

puyat

  1. sleeplessness; insomnia
    Synonym: tokal

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈpujat/ [ˈpuː.jɐt̪̚] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -ujat
      • Homophone: Puyat
    • IPA(key): /puˈjat/ [pʊˈjat̪̚] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: pu‧yat

Noun

puyat (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)

  1. sleeplessness; insomnia

Derived terms

  • mapuyat

Adjective

puyát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)

  1. sleepless

Derived terms

Further reading

  • puyat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*púyat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI