akyat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• acyat, ac-yat, acquiat — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From (Northern) Proto-Philippine *kayat (“to climb vertically (as ladder, tree)”) with metathesis. Compare Yami kalat, Ivatan kayat, Tuwali Ifugao kayat, Batad Ifugao āyat, and Kapampangan ukiat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔakˈjat/ [ʔɐkˈjat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ak‧yat

Noun

akyát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜌᜆ᜔)

1. climb; ascent

   Synonyms: panhik, (Batangas, Quezon) adyo

2. promotion; raise in rank or position
3. income; earning (from a business)

   Synonym: panhik

4. (colloquial) visit of a suitor to the girlfriend's house

   Synonym: (Batangas, Quezon) adyo

Derived terms

• akyat-bahay
• akyat-barko
• akyatan
• akyatin
• iakyat
• mag-akyat
• mang-akyat
• paakyat
• pag-aakyat
• pag-akyat
• saaakyat
• umakyat
• umakyat nang ligaw

 

See also

• ukyabit

 

Further reading

• “akyat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kayat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• 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 561: “Subir) Acquiat (pc) acualquiera parte”

Anagrams

• katay, kayat