batayan
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
batayan
- bamboo birdtrap with a bait or bird decoy, which catches birds when it lands on the trigger mechanism which snaps a noose as the bird perches on it
Verb edit
batayan
- to create such trap
Derived terms edit
- mamatayan (“to catch birds using a batayan”)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧yan
- IPA(key): /bataˈjan/, [bɐ.tɐˈjan] (noun)
- IPA(key): /baˈtajan/, [bɐˈta.jɐn] (verb)
Noun edit
batayán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜌᜈ᜔)
- base; basis; foundation
- Synonyms: base, basehan, elemento, pundasyon, saligan, pinagsaligan, pinagbasehan, hanguan, pinaghanguan
Verb edit
batayan (complete binatayan, progressive binabatayan, contemplative babatayan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜌᜈ᜔)
- to use as a basis; to base from
- Synonyms: pagbasehan, saligan, pagsaligan, hanguan, paghanguan
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for batayan
Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
-an | batay | object | ||
Aspect | Imperative | |||
Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
batayan | binatayan | binabatayan inabatayan1 |
babatayan abatayan1 |
batayi1 |
1 Dialectal use only. |
Further reading edit
- “batayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018