sakahan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sacahan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From saka (“farming”) +‎ -han.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sakaˈhan/ [sɐ.xɐˈhan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sa‧ka‧han

Noun

sakahán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔)

1. farmland; farm; agricultural land

   Synonyms: bukid, taniman, linang, (Bataan) hulo

Etymology 2

From saka (“to copy; to acquire on consignment; to import”) +‎ -han.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /sakaˈhan/ [sɐ.xɐˈhan̪] (“to get by consignment; to import; to copy”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /ˌsaˈkahan/ [ˌsaːˈxaː.hɐn̪] (“place or time of acquisition for consignment or importing”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: sa‧ka‧han

Verb

sakahán (complete sinakahan, progressive sinasakahan, contemplative sasakahan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔)

1. to get goods from someone by consignment
2. to import goods from

   Synonym: angkatan

3. to copy from (of a drawing, design, etc.)

   Synonym: kopyahan

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for sakahan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	saka		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
sakahan	sinakahan	sinasakahan inasakahan1	sasakahan asakahan1	sakahi1
1 Dialectal use only.

Noun

sákáhan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔)

1. place where goods for consignment are obtained
2. time or season when goods for consignment are obtained
3. place from which goods are imported

   Synonym: angkatan

4. time or season when goods are imported

Further reading

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