Etymograph

English

sacayan

Sacayan comes from Cebuano sakayan ‘a sacayan’.

  1. Cebuanomodernsakayan1‘a sacayan’
  2. Englishtodaysacayan1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sacayan

Lineage

  1. CebuanomodernsakayanWiktionary, English sacayan‘a sacayan’
  2. EnglishtodaysacayanWiktionary, English sacayan

Every English word from Cebuano sakayan

Today it means

noun A small wooden trimaran used as a transport and fishing boat in the Philippines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sacayan”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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