batikan
See also: Batikan
Cebuano
Etymology
From Tagalog batikan (“expert; well-versed”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti‧kan
- IPA(key): /batiˈkan/, [bʌ.t̪ɪˈkan̪]
Adjective
batikán
- famous
- Synonyms: bantog, kabantog
Verb
batikán
- to be famous
Kapampangan
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti‧kan
Adjective
batikán
- adept; skilled; versed
Tagalog
Etymology
From batik + -an.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ti‧kan
- IPA(key): /batiˈkan/, [bɐ.tɪˈxan] (adjective)
- IPA(key): /baˈtikan/, [bɐˈti.xɐn] (verb)
Adjective
batikán
- (figurative) well-known; famous
- Synonyms: sikat, bantog, tanyag
- adept; skilled; versed; expert; well-seasoned
- Synonyms: bihasa, dalubhasa, eksperto, batikano
- spotted; mottled; full of spots, blotches, or streaks
- Synonym: batik-batik
Descendants
- → Cebuano: batikan (“famous”)
Verb
batikan (complete binatikan, progressive binabatikan, contemplative babatikan)
- to mottle; to mark with spots, blotches, or streaks
- to stain
- Synonym: dungisan
- (figurative) to give dishonor or disgrace to
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for batikan
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -an | batik | object | ||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
| batikan | binatikan | binabatikan inabatikan1 | babatikan abatikan1 | batiki1 |
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||
Further reading
- “batikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- “batikan” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.