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Tagalog
Etymology
From a blend of bala (“speak; warn; order”) + dila (“tongue”), with the first element possibly also from babala, or a blend of badya (“speak; notify”) + dila (“tongue”), coined by the Samahan ng mga Mananagalog (Association of Tagalog Writers) around 1905–1906. An alternative etymology posits it to be a blend of balana (“anyone; people”) + dila (“tongue”), literally “the people's tongue” but Lope K. Santos disagrees as balana was also a coinage even later than balarila.
Pronunciation
Noun
balarilà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜇᜒᜎ) (grammar)
- grammar
- Synonyms: gramatika, salitikan, katatasan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “balarila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Lope K (1939) Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (in Tagalog), →ISBN, archived from the original on 6 August 2022, page XXIX
- Batnag, Aurora E. (1980) Mga Sanaysay sa alaala ni Lope K. Santos sa kanyang ika-100 taon (in Tagalog), Surian ng Wikang Pambansa
- Paglinawan, Mamerto (1910) Balarilang Tagalog, Limbagang Magiting ni Honorio Lopez