SpeakMorekayat is an Ilocano verb glossed as “want; like.” Verbs in Ilocano often change form with aspect, focus, and sentence markers, so use this gloss as a starting point and listen for how speakers use it in full sentences.
In the SpeakMore Ilocano dictionary, kayat is glossed as want; like. Meaning can shift with region, grammar, and context.
kayat
To say “want; like” in Ilocano, use kayat.
kayat means “want; like” in Ilocano. It is listed as a verb in the Common Expressions topic cluster.
“want; like” in Ilocano is kayat. Use this page as a quick reference, then practise the word in short sentences and real conversation.
kayat is an Ilocano word. Ilocano (Ilokano) is a distinct language of Northern Luzon, separate from Tagalog and from Visayan languages such as Cebuano Bisaya.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS