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Sambali
Adjective
kailangan
- necessary
Tagalog
Etymology
From ilang + ka- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /kaʔiˈlaŋan/
- Rhymes: -aŋan
- Syllabification: ka‧i‧la‧ngan
- IPA(key): (relaxed) /kajˈlaŋan/ , (colloquial) /ˌkeˈlaŋan/
- Syllabification: kai‧la‧ngan
Adjective
kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
- necessary
Noun
kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)
- necessity
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “kailangan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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