upuan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From upo +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔuˈpuʔan/ [ʔʊˈpuː.ʔɐn̪] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -uʔan
    • IPA(key): /ʔupuˈʔan/ [ʔʊ.pʊˈʔan̪] (verb)
      • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: u‧pu‧an

Noun

upuan (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. chair (anything used to sit on)
    Synonyms: silya, bangko, uupan, likmuan, luklukan, salumpuwit
  2. act of sitting at the same time (of a number of people)
    Synonyms: pag-uupuan, luklukan, pagluluklukan
  3. (obsolete) stopping place to be idle

See also

Verb

upuán (complete inupuan, progressive inuupuan, contemplative uupuan, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. to sit on something
    Synonym: luklukan
    Inupuan niya ang unan ko.
    He sat on my pillow.

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for upuan
affix -an
root word upo
trigger object
aspect
infinitive
complete inupuan
progressive inuupuan
inaupuan1
contemplative uupuan
aupuan1
imperative upui1

1 Dialectal use only.

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • upuan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • upuan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 464:Paradero) Opoan (pp) dovan todos apartar como parte publica, ſale de opo, al cuerpo de guardia llaman anſi por ir alli a parar los ſoldados ya eſtar o cioſos, opoan nang mang̃a Caſtila, llaman eſtos en Manila la plaça dovan a parar todos ay eſtar o cioſos pendiendo tiempo