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Tagalog
Etymology
From lagay + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
lágáyan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜌᜈ᜔)
- container; receptacle
- Synonyms: sisidlan, lalagyan
- place where something is placed
- Synonym: lalagyan
- (colloquial) bribery
- Synonyms: suhulan, pagsusuhulan
1989, National Mid-week:Inatasan ang pulis, ang People's Patrol, at ang mga opisyal ng barangay na magpatupad ng ordinansa. Ilan naman kaya sa ... Dahil buhay na ang pinag- uusapan, sana'y hindi mauso ang lagayan para lang malibre sa piitan. (Ano kaya ang ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2006, Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, →ISBN, page 76:Hindi kasi nila kabisado ang lagayan sa mga pulis. Siyempre shabu rin ang pansilaw sa mga parak, kanta mo lang sa kanila kung saan may magandang tulak ay siguradong aalagaan ka pa nila.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
lagayán (complete nilagayan, progressive nilalagayan, contemplative lalagayan, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜌᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of lagyan