Meaning of "kaya"

kaya •

n.
• • 1. kaya competence, ability
  • 2. kaya' conj. perhaps, maybe, so, that's why, therefore. Kaya ako naparito... I have come here so that.... Kaya siya... That's why... mod. perchance, perhaps, might, expresses doubt or possibility of choice). Ano kaya ang iniutos mo sa kanya? What perchance did you order him to do?. Baka kaya nawala siya. He might have gotten lost.

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impotent

adj.
• • 1. not having power or strength: walang kaya, walang kapangyarihan
  • 2. helpless, weak: inutil, walang lakas, mahina

able

adj.
• • having sufficient power, skill, etc.: may kaya, may kakayahan, malakas

limitation

n.
• • 1. limiting, being limited: pagtatakda
  • 2. restriction: takda, tasa, limitasyon
  • 3. boundary: saklaw
  • 4. that which limits, limiting circumstances: sagabal, hadlang
  • 5. qualifications: kaya, kakayahan

helpless

adj.
• • 1. not able to help oneself: walang kaya
  • 2. feeble: mahina
  • 3. beyond remedy: wala nang lunas

that

adj.
• • "that" is used to point out some one person or thing or idea: iyan (when "that" is nearer to the person spoken to than to the speaker), iyon (when "that" is far from both the speaker and the person spoken to) pron. who, whom, which: rendered by the ligature "na" and its variant "ng" conj. 1. "that" is also used to connect a group of words: na, or its variant "ng"
  • 2. used to show purpose: upang, para
  • 3. used to show result: kaya adv. to that extent, to such a degree: nang ganyan

pron.
• • 1. when: nang, noong
  • 2. "that" used in the objective case: diyan, riyan the definite article. a demonstrative word used especially before a noun to particularize its meaning: ang, ang mga

reach

v.
• • 1. to get to, to arrive at, to come to: dumating, sumapit, masapit, sapitin
  • 2. to hold out in order to be taken, to give or pass by handing: mag-abot, abutan, iabot
  • 3. to stretch, to extend: umabot, makaabot, paabutin
  • 4. to touch, to put a hand on: maabot, makaabot
  • 5. to amount to, be equal to: umabot, abutin

n.
• • 1. range, power, capacity: abot, kaya, kakayahan, kapasidad
  • 2. the extent or distance of reaching: abot
  • 3. a long stretch or extent: lawak, kalawakan

therefore

adv.
• • 1. for that reason, as a result of that: dahil doon, sa gayon, sa gayong dahilan
  • 2. consequently: samakatwid, kaya (nga), anupat

within

prep.
• • 1. not beyond, not more than: hindi hihigit (higit), kaya, abot ng kaya
  • 2. inside of, in the inner part of: nasa loob ng adv. inside, in the inner part: sa loob

so

adv.
• • 1. in that way, in the same way or degree: ganyan, paganyan, ganito, paganito, gayon, pagayon
  • 2. according to fact, really so, true: totoo, talaga, tama, siya nga
  • 3. very: napaka (prefixed to the appropriate adverb and adjective)
  • 4. very much: totoo, lubha, masyado
  • 5. therefore, accordingly, on this account: kaya, kaya nga, dahil dito
  • 6. likewise, also: gayon din (rin), man, naman
  • 7. interj. with upward inflection: Well! Siya! Aba!
  • 8. or so, more or less: humigit-kumulang
  • 9. so as, so that with the result or purpose: para, upang, nang

sufficient

adj.
• • 1. enough, as much as is needed: sapat, kasiya, husto, husto
  • 2. competent, able (old use): may kaya, may kakayahan

well

adv.
• • 1. all right, in a satisfactory, favorable, or good manner: mabuti, mahusay, kasiya-siya, magaling
  • 2. thoroughly, in detail: lubos, lahat, ganap, mabuti
  • 3. much, to a considerable degree: marami, malaki

adj.
• • 1. in good health: mabuti, magaling, malakas, malusog
  • 2. satisfactory, good, right, nice: mabuti, mahusay, magaling, mainam, maganda
  • 3. "well" is sometimes used to show mild surprise or merely to fill in: aba, buweno, siya
  • 4. well off means (a) in good condition: nasa mabuting kalagayan (b) fairly rich: may kaya sa buhay, nakaririwasa, mariwasa, mayaman

pindot

v.
• • pumindot, pindutin (-um-:-in) to squeeze or crush with the fingers. Pinindot niya ang mangga kaya nalamog. She squeezed the mango that's why it became soft.

despalko

v.
• • dumespalko, mangdespalko, despalkohin (-um-,mang-:-in) to embezzle, to swindle. Dumespalko siya ng malaking pera kaya siya ay nabilanggo. He embezzled a large sum of money so he was imprisoned.

damba

v.
• • dumamba (-um-) to rise on the hind legs usually said of a four-footed animal, to fall all over someone. Dumamba ang aso kaya ako'y natigilan. The dog fell over me so I got shocked.

kaniya

pron.
• • (sa- pronoun) his, her, hers, for him/her [syn. kata/kita] kaniya' conj. therefore, as a result, consequently [var. kanya', kaya']. Kaniya siya umalis... The reason he left...