kakanan

From kakan +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkanan/ [kaˈka.n̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ka‧nan

kakánan (Basahan spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔) (Naga)

1. dining room

   Synonyms: kaonan, komedor

2. eatery, any eating place

   Synonyms: karinderiya, karihan

3. restaurant

   Synonym: restoran

From kakan +‎ -an.

kakanan

1. eating place

From initial reduplication of kanan (“right”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈkanan/ [kɐˈxaː.n̪ɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: ka‧ka‧nan

kakanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

1. contemplative aspect of kumanan

Syncopic form of kakainan, from kain (“eating”) +‎ -an with initial reduplication.

• kakainan

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kakaˈnan/ [kɐ.xɐˈn̪an̪], /kaˈkanan/ [kɐˈxaː.n̪ɐn̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -an, -anan
  • IPA^(key): /kaˈkanan/ [kɐˈxaː.n̪ɐn̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -anan
• (now chiefly regional) IPA^(key): /ˌkaˈkanan/ [ˌkaːˈxaː.n̪ɐn̪] (verb)
  • Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: ka‧ka‧nan

kakanán or kakanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

1. place where one will eat (such as the dining room, restaurant, etc.)

   Synonyms: kainan, komedor

2. object where one will eat (such as a plate, table, feeding trough, etc.)

   Synonym: kainan

kakanan or kákánan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

1. contemplative aspect of kanan

• “kakanan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kakanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 425
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 171: “Comedero) Cacanan (pp) de cavallo puerco o de otro qualquier animal”
  • page 480: “Peſebre) Cacanan (pp) de caballo vde otra beſtia”
  • page 485: “Plato) Cacanan (pp) media no enque de ordinario comen”

kakanan

1. tobacco pipe