amat-amat

Hanunoo

Etymology

Reduplication of amat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔamatˈʔamat/ [ʔɐ.mɐtˈʔɐ.mɐt]
• Rhymes: -amat
• Syllabification: a‧mat-a‧mat

Adverb

amat-amat (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜦ᜴ᜠᜫᜦ᜴)

1. gradually; slowly

   Synonym: malway-malway

Usage notes

• This is often said when continuing on a trail after a pause to chew betel.

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat, although possible chance resemblance.

Adverb

amát-amát

1. gradually, slowly

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI