aksaya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षय (kṣayá, “decay, corossion”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaksaˈja/ [ʔɐk.sɐˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ak‧sa‧ya

Noun

aksayá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜌ)

1. waste; wastefulness; squandering

Derived terms

• aksayado
• aksayahin
• maaksaya
• mag-aksaya
• mapag-aksaya
• pag-aaksaya
• pag-aksayahan
• pagkamapag-aksaya

 

Adjective

aksayá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜌ)

1. wasteful; extravagant

   Synonym: maaksaya

2. wasted

Further reading

• “aksaya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “aksaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018