hapunan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• haponan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Philippine *hápun

Tagalog hapon

Proto-Austronesian *-an

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an

Proto-Philippine *-an

Tagalog -an

Tagalog hapunan

From hapon + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /haˈpunan/ [hɐˈpuː.n̪ɐn̪] (“dinner”, noun; “to perch, to roost”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -unan
  • IPA^(key): /hapuˈnan/ [hɐ.pʊˈn̪an̪] (“roosting place/time, perch”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ha‧pu‧nan

Noun

hapunan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. dinner; supper (evening meal)

   Synonyms: gabihan, panggabihan, sena

Derived terms

• altanghap
• hapunanin
• hapunang-niknik
• Huling Hapunan
• maghapunan
• magpahapunan
• mahapunan
• panghapunan

See also

• agahan
• almusal
• segundo-almuwerso
• tanghalian

Verb

hapunan (complete hinapunan, progressive hinahapunan, contemplative hahapunan, Baybayin spelling ᜑᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. to be perched; to be roosted on (of a bird)
2. (obsolete) to be eaten in the afternoon or evening

   Ano ang aming hahapunan?

   What will we have for dinner?

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for hapunan

affix		-an
root word		hapon
trigger		object
aspect
infinitive		hapunan
complete		hinapunan
progressive		hinahapunan inahapunan1
contemplative		hahapunan ahapunan1
imperative		hapuni1

¹ Dialectal use only.

Noun

hapunán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

1. roosting place; perch (of a bird)

   Synonyms: dapuan, pahapunan

   1. chicken coop where chickens sleep or roost

      Synonyms: tabagan, tangkal, kulungan, balulang

2. perching time; roosting time (of a bird)
3. (obsolete) place where animals of any kind gathers
4. (obsolete) stable (building for managing ungulates, normally horses)

   Ipinalagay si Hesus sa hapunan ng kabayo't baka.

   Jesus was asked to be laid down in the stable for horses and cows.

Further reading

• “hapunan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “hapunan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language. Castilian Romance placed first. First, and second parts.]‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. [The noble Villa of Pila, by Tomás Pinpin and Domingo Loag.], page 610: “Zena) Haponan (pp) comida dela noche, ſale de hapun”
• Schachter, Paul; Otanes, Fe T. (1972), Tagalog Reference Grammar‎^[2] (overall work in English and Tagalog), United States of America: University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN
• Sta María, Felice Prudente (2006), The Governor-general's Kitchen: Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes, 1521-1935‎^[3], Anvil, →ISBN, page 26