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See also: tagalog
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /t̪ɐˈɡaː.loɡ̚/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: təgäʹlŏg, təgălʹəg; IPA(key): /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, /təˈɡæləɡ/
- (General American) enPR: təgäʹləg, təgäʹlôg; IPA(key): /təˈɡɑləɡ/, /təˈɡɑlɔɡ/
- Hyphenation: Ta‧ga‧log
Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Tagalog
- A language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.
- Synonym: Tagal
Derived terms
Translations
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Noun
Tagalog (plural Tagalogs or Tagalog)
- A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.
- (chiefly Cebu) a speaker of the Tagalog language
Translations
member of the Filipino ethnic group
Adjective
Tagalog (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Tagalogs.
- Synonym: (female) Tagala
Translations
of or relating to the Tagalogs
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Tagalog terms
- Appendix:Tagalog Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tagalog
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code tl, ISO 639-3 code tgl (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Tagalog, tgl
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tagalog n
- Tagalog (language)
Tagalog
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly:
- From taga- (“native of”) + alog (“ford”).
- From taga- (“native of”) + ilog (“river”).
- From Tagal, the name of some tribes in Borneo or Sumatra.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈɡaloɡ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aloɡ
- Syllabification: Ta‧ga‧log
Proper noun
Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- Tagalog language
- Synonym: (obsolete) wikang-tao
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: Tagalog
- → Cantonese: 他加祿語 / 他加禄语 (taa1 gaa1 luk6 jyu5)
- → Cebuano: Tinagalog, Tagalug
- → Czech: tagalog
- → Danish: tagalog
- → Dutch: Tagalog
- → English: Tagalog
- → Finnish: tagalog
- → French: tagalog
- → Icelandic: tagalog
- → Indonesian: Tagalog
- → Japanese: タガログ語 (Tagarogu-go)
- → Kapampangan: Tagalug
- → Korean: 타갈로그어 (Tagallogeu-eo)
- → Malay: Tagalog
- → Mandarin: 他加祿語 / 他加禄语 (Tājiālùyǔ)
- → Hokkien: 他加祿話 / 他加禄话 (Tha-ka-lo̍k-ōe), 他加祿語 / 他加禄语 (Thaⁿ-ka-lo̍k-gír)
- → Portuguese: tagalo
- → Spanish: tagalo, tagala
- → Tausug: Tagalug
See also
Noun
Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
Adjective
Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- Tagalog (pertaining to the Tagalog region, the Tagalog people, or the Tagalog language)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sanger, J. P. (1905) Census of the Philippine Islands, Taken Under the Direction of the Philippine Commission in the Year 1903, Volume 1, Quezon City: U.S. Bureau of the Census, page 451
- ^ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., pages 936-937
Further reading
- “Tagalog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018