sukdan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• socdan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly a syncopic form. Compare Kapampangan sukad (“measure”), Cebuano sukod (“measure”), and Maranao sokod (“fit; adjust; measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sukˈdan/ [sʊkˈdan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: suk‧dan

Conjunction

sukdán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. even; even if; although; even though; notwithstanding

   Synonyms: bagaman, kulubman, kahit na, kahiman, maski na

Further reading

• “sukdan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 445: “No importa) Socdan (pc) dando ſele poco de algo”