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kamayan

kamayan noun: the traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.

Noun

kamayan (uncountable)

  1. The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.

Origin of kamayan

From Tagalog kamayan (literally “with the hands”).

Questions about kamayan

What does kamayan mean?
Kamayan means the traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.
What part of speech is kamayan?
Kamayan is a noun.

Words near kamayan in the dictionary

  1. kamatz
  2. kamatzes
  3. kamatzim
  4. Kamau
  5. Kamaus
  6. kamayan
  7. Kamayura
  8. Kamayurá
  9. kamaʻaina
  10. Kamba
  11. kambala

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