tugpahanan

airportnoun

Alternative meanings

airport
airfield
airstrip or place where airplanes land and take off

Pronunciation

toog-pah-HAH-nahn

Root and affixes

tugpa = to land; -hanan = place suffix; tugpahanan = landing place

Variants or conjugations

irpurt = airport, modern loanword
landinganan = landing place
tugpa = to land

Related words and expressions

eroplano = airplane
biyahe = trip or travel
bagahe = luggage
tirminal = terminal

Meaning and usage notes

Tugpahanan is the Cebuano form for airport, airfield, or airstrip. In modern speech, irpurt may also be heard as a loanword from airport.