puyat

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧yat
  • IPA(key): /ˈpujat/

Adjective

púyat (intensified puyaton)

  1. sleepless
    Antonym: mungaw-mungaw

Noun

púyat

  1. insomnia, sleeplessness
    Antonym: mungaw

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puyat.

Pronunciation

Noun

puyat (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜌᜆ᜔)

  1. sleeplessness; insomnia

Derived terms

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