mag-ina

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See also: magina

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Etymology 1

From mag- +‎ ina (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
  • IPA(key): /maɡʔiˈnaʔ/

Noun

mag-inâ

  1. mother and child
    Coordinate term: mag-ama

Etymology 2

From mag- +‎ ina (“subtract, decrease”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
  • IPA(key): /maɡˈʔinaʔ/

Verb

mag-inà

  1. to subtract; to decrease
  2. to lessen
See also

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-ina. By surface analysis, mag- +‎ ina (“mother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mag-iná (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜈ)

  1. mother and child
    Synonym: magnanay
    Coordinate term: mag-ama

Further reading

  • “mag-ina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ina”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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