Tagalog words are, or are based on, two-syllable or three-syllable stems. These disyllabic or trisyllabic items are in their turn based on monosyllabic roots. For instance, the following terms seem to be based on the root ¿kad "foot": lákad "walk", lakád "bare-footed", *kadkád ¿ kaladkád "drag, shuffle", *ka-dag ¿ karág "heavy footstep", síkad "kick", singkád "in one jump" (e.g. santaóñg singkád "a full year"), takád "base, foundation" ¿ *t-ay-akád ¿ tayakád "mobile hut", *t-i-akád ¿ tiyakád "stilt", tangkád "high-legged" ¿ *t-ay-angkád ¿ tayangkád "long-legged", tákad "a bamboo stem left for regrowth", *k-i-ad ¿ kiyád ¿ takiyád ¿ takyád "stilt".