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Tagalog
Tagalog numbers (edit)
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Cardinal: tatlo
Spanish cardinal: tres
Ordinal: ikatlo, ikatatlo, pangatlo
Spanish ordinal: tersero, tersera
Ordinal abbreviation: ika-3, pang-3
Adverbial: makatlo, makaitlo, makatatlo
Multiplier: triple, tatlong ibayo
Distributive: tigtatlo, tatluhan, tatlo-tatlo
Restrictive: tatatlo
Fractional: katlo, sangkatlo, saikatlo
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Etymology
From metathesis from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu. Doublet of tatlo and atlo.
Pronunciation
Numeral
itló (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ) (obsolete)
- three
- Synonyms: tatlo, tres, (obsolete) atlo, (obsolete) mampat
Usage notes
- Fr. San Buenaventura (1613) mentioned an ancient way of counting from one to four, which were: isa, alwa, atlo, and ipat.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “itlo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 587: “Tres) [Itlo] (pc) T. contando como viejo. | atlo, iſa, alva, atlo, ipat, vno, dos, 3, 4”
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