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Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- shake; jerk; jog
- Synonyms: kalog, ag-ag, ig-ig, ug-og, uga, ugoy, yugyog
Derived terms
Adjective
alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- shaking; loosely fitted or adjusted (of structures)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ (“current, deep channel in the middle of a river”). Compare Ibatan ayoy, Ilocano alog, Kapampangan alugan, Calamian Tagbanwa kalug, Cebuano alog, Malagasy alo-alo, and Malay alur.
Pronunciation
Noun
alog (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
- ford; pool of standing water in a lowland or field
- Synonyms: tubigan, batis
- (obsolete) act of wading (across or through a river or ford)
- Synonym: tawid
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “alog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaluR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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