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Bikol Central
Etymology
From kakan + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈkanan/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧nan
Noun
kakánan (Basahan spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔) (Naga)
- dining room
- Synonyms: kaonan, komedor
- eatery, any eating place
- Synonyms: karinderiya, karihan
- restaurant
- Synonym: restoran
Karao
Etymology
From kakan + -an.
Noun
kakanan
- eating place
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From initial reduplication of kanan (“right”).
Pronunciation
Verb
kakanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)
- contemplative aspect of kumanan
Etymology 2
Syncopic form of kakainan, from kain (“eating”) + -an with initial reduplication.
Pronunciation
Noun
kakanán or kakanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)
- place where one will eat (such as the dining room, restaurant, etc.)
- Synonyms: kainan, komedor
- object where one will eat (such as a plate, table, feeding trough, etc.)
- Synonym: kainan
See also
Verb
kakanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)
- contemplative aspect of kanan
Further reading
- “kakanan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kakanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 425.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 171: “Comedero) Cacanan (pp) de cavallo puerco o de otro qualquier animal”
- page 480: “Peſebre) Cacanan (pp) de caballo vde otra beſtia”
- page 485: “Plato) Cacanan (pp) media no enque de ordinario comen”