kabalikan
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kabaliˈkan/ [kɐ.bɐ.lɪˈxan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ka‧ba‧li‧kan
Noun
editkabalikán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜃᜈ᜔)
- reverse; opposite; inverse
- Synonym: kabaligtaran
- Nasa kabalikang ayos ang mga pangungusap na nauuna ang simuno kaysa panaguri.
- Sentences where subjects go before the predicate are in the inverse order.
- (by extension) reverse side of clothes
- usual time for returning home
Further reading
edit- “kabalikan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kabalikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018