# apat
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, *əpat, from Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧pat
* IPA: /ʔaˈpat/ [ʔaˈpat]

### Numeral

apát (plural arapat, Basahan spelling ᜀᜉᜆ᜔)
* four
    Synonym: kuwatro

#### Derived terms

* apat na pulo
* kag-apat
* mag-apat
* makaapat

## Central Dusun
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Numeral

apat
* four

## Cuyunon
### Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *apat, from Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

### Numeral

apat
* four

## Finnish
### Verb

apat
* second-person singular present indicative of appaa

### Anagrams

* pata, tapa

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *apat, from Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapat/ [ˈʔa.pat]

### Numeral

ápat
* four

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈapət/ [ˈäː.pət]

### Numeral

ápat
* four

#### Derived terms

* apat a pulu
* kapat
* labinapat

## Kinaray-a
### Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *apat, from Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapat/, [ˈʔa.pat]

### Numeral

apat
* four

## Latin
### Verb

apat
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of apō

## Ngaju
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat.

### Numeral

apat
* four

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, *əpat, from Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ˈpat/

### Numeral

apát
* four

## Swedish
### Verb

apat
* supine of apa

## Tagal Murut
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

### Numeral

apat
* four

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat. Doublet of ipat.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔapat/ [ˈʔaː.pɐt̪̚]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apat
* Syllabification: a‧pat

### Numeral

apat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜆ᜔)
* four
    Synonyms: kuwatro, (obsolete) ipat, (obsolete) agyo, (obsolete) agiw

#### Usage notes

* To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with -ng enclitic suffix when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate preposition, na, for a consonant.
    Isang saging, dalawang pinyaOne banana, two pineapples
    Apat na mansanas, anim na manggaFour apples, six mangos

#### Derived terms

* apat-apat
* apatan
* apatin
* apatnapu
* apatnaraan
* ikaapat
* ikaapat na kapangyarihan
* ikaapat na palarindingan
* ikaapatnapu
* labing-apat
* mag-apat
* makaapat
* pag-apatin
* pang-apat
* saikapat
* sangkapat
* sikapat
* tig-apat

### Further reading

* “apat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sepat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* pata, tapa

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *a-əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *a-əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sa-Səpat.

### Numeral

apat
* four