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kamayan

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word kamayan in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word kamayan:


kamayán  Play audio #22868
[verb]  to shake hands with someone

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Verb conjugations of kamayan:

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Root: kamayConjugation Type: -An
Infinitive:
Completed (Past):
Uncompleted (Present):
Contemplated (Future):
Infinitive:
kamayán  Play audio #22868
Completed (Past):
kinamayán  Play audio #22869
Uncompleted (Present):
kinákamayán  Play audio #22870
Contemplated (Future):
kákamayán  Play audio #22871
Verb family:
magkamáy  |  
kamayán
 |  
makipagkamáy  |  
magkamayan  |  
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Example Sentences Available Icon Kamayan Example Sentences in Tagalog: (2)
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Kinamayán ko si John.
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I shook hands with John.
Kamayán mo akó.
Play audio #49760Audio Loop
 
Shake my hand.

User-submitted Example Sentences (3):
User-submitted example sentences from Tatoeba who have self reported as being fluent in Tagalog.
Gusto kong kamayan siya.
Tatoeba Sentence #2788129 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
I want to shake his hand.


Pagka may kinakamayan ka, dapat tingnan mo ang mata niya.
Tatoeba Sentence #1947314 Tatoeba user-submitted sentence
When you shake hands with somebody, you must look him in the eye.


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How to pronounce kamayan:

KAMAYAN AUDIO CLIP:
Play audio #22868
Markup Code:
[rec:22868]
Related Filipino Words:
kamáykánang-kamáyabót-kamáymabigát ang kamáyháwak-kamáykamayínmagkamáymagkamayanmakipagkamáykumamáy
Related English Words:
shake handsshook handsshakeshook
Grammatical Ligature:
This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
kamayang
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