tayahan

Tagalog

Etymology

From taya +‎ -han.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /taˈjahan/ [tɐˈja.hɐn] (“to give an estimate”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -ahan
  • IPA^(key): /tajaˈhan/ [tɐ.jɐˈhan], /ˌtaˈjahan/ [ˌtaˈja.hɐn] (“calculator; calculation”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -an, -ahan
  • IPA^(key): /ˌtaˈjahan/ [ˌtaˈja.hɐn] (“calculus”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: ta‧ya‧han

Verb

tayahan (complete tinayahan, progressive tinatayahan, contemplative tatayahan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜑᜈ᜔)

1. to give someone an estimate of

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for tayahan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	taya		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
tayahan	tinayahan	tinatayahan inatayahan1	tatayahan atayahan1	tayahi1
1 Dialectal use only.

Noun

tayahán or táyáhan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜑᜈ᜔)

1. calculator (instrument or machine for calculating or estimating)

   Synonyms: pantaya, kalkulahan, pangkalkula

2. calculation; act of calculating or estimating

Noun

táyáhan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜑᜈ᜔)

1. (mathematics, neologism) calculus

Derived terms

• laguming tayahan
• tingiring tayahan

 

References

• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL