kabahayan

Tagalog

Etymology

From bahay +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kabahaˈjan/ [kɐ.bɐ.hɐˈjan̪], /kabaˈhajan/ [kɐ.bɐˈhaː.jɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -an, -ajan
  • Syllabification: ka‧ba‧ha‧yan

Noun

kabahayán or kabahayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. household
    Synonym: sambahayan
    • 2025, Divine Paguntalan, “Higit 2.5-M kabahayan, nakabitan ng kuryente sa ilalim ng Marcos Jr. admin”, in IBC13‎[1]:
      Sa kanyang ikaapat na State of the Nation Address, sinabi ng Pangulo na isa sa mga pinatutukan niya nang maupo sa pwesto ang naabutang higit limang milyong kabahayan na walang kuryente.
      On his fourth State of the Nation Address, the President said that one of the issues he focused on when he took office was the more than five million households without electricity that he had inherited.
  2. living room
    Synonym: sala
  3. neighborhood
  4. (dynastic) house

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