sayad

Tagalog

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Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan sayad (run aground like a boat), from Proto-Philippine *saʀyad (to drag as a boat scraping bottom). Compare Ilocano sagayad / sagirad / saringgayad, Pangasinan sagar, Bikol Central sagyad, Aklanon sagyad, Cebuano sangyad, Hiligaynon sangyad, and Western Bukidnon Manobo sagyad. Doublet of sagyat and sanggayad.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsajad/ [ˈsaː.jɐd̪̚] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -ajad
    • IPA(key): /saˈjad/ [sɐˈjad̪̚], /ˈsajad/ [ˈsaː.jɐd̪̚] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -ad, -ajad
  • Syllabification: sa‧yad

Noun

sayad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜇ᜔)

  1. part of something that touches the surface of another
  2. (by extension) bottom of a skirt, sled, or slip that drags
    Synonyms: sagayad, kola
  3. running aground, as of a boat or ship
    Synonym: sadsad
  4. (figurative) brokeness; pennilessness
  5. (figurative) mental retardation

Derived terms

  • isayad
  • magsayad
  • mapasayad
  • masayad
  • masayaran
  • may sayad
  • pagkakasayad
  • pagsayad
  • pasayarin
  • sayaran
  • sumayad

See also

Adjective

sayád or sayad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜇ᜔)

  1. with the bottom (or side, or top) touching or being dragged along a surface
    Synonyms: lapat, nakalapat, diit, nakadiit, dait, nakadait
  2. aground
    Synonym: nakasadsad
  3. (figurative) broke; penniless
    Synonyms: walang-wala, bangkarote

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