bakin

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bakin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbakin/
Hyphenation: ba‧kin

Adverb

bákin

(Daet, interrogative) why
Synonyms: tano, nata, hadaw, tadaw, porke

Hungarian

Etymology

baki +‎ -n (case suffix)

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧kin
IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkin]

Noun

bakin

superessive singular of baki

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bacqin, baquin – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧kin

IPA^(key): /ˈbakin/, [ˈba.xɪn]

Adverb

bakin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

(dialectal, archaic) why; for what reason
Synonyms: bakit, makin

Derived terms

bakit

Further reading

“bakin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 502: “Pues como ) Bacqin (pp) comparatibe”

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