kapakanan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• capacan-an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kapakan-an, kapakanaan — obsolete

Etymology

From earlier kapakan-an, syncopic form of kapakanaan, from pakana +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kapakaˈnan/ [kɐ.pɐ.xɐˈnan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧pa‧ka‧nan

Noun

kapakanán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

1. sake; benefit

Further reading

• “kapakanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018