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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧yat
- IPA(key): /ˈpujat/
Adjective
púyat (intensified puyaton)
- sleepless
- Antonym: mungaw-mungaw
Noun
púyat
- insomnia, sleeplessness
- Antonym: mungaw
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.
Pronunciation
Noun
puyat (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)
- sleeplessness; insomnia
Derived terms
Adjective
puyát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)
- 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