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Tagalog
Etymology
Literally, “when the cat's away, the rat plays”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˌpaɡ waˌlaʔ ʔaŋ ˌpusaʔ | naɡlalaˌɾoʔ ʔaŋ daˈɡaʔ/
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /kaˌpaɡ waˌla(ʔ) ʔaŋ ˌpusaʔ | naɡlalaˌɾo(ʔ) ʔaŋ daˈɡaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ka‧pag wa‧la ang pu‧sa, nag‧la‧la‧ro ang da‧ga
Proverb
kapág walâ ang pusà, naglalarô ang dagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ ᜏᜎ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐ ᜵ ᜈᜄ᜔ᜎᜎᜇᜓ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜄ)
- when the cat's away the mice will play