maging

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

maguing, maguin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
magin — rare

Etymology

Possibly from obsolete root *ging (also possible to be *gi/*giq/*gin + -ng suffix).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧ging
(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈɡiŋ/,
(Tayabas, alternate) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡiŋ/,

Verb

magíng (complete naging, progressive nagiging, contemplative magiging, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜅ᜔)

to become.
Naging asul ang langit.
The sky became blue.

Magiging maganda siya.
He will become beautiful.
to be
Mahirap maging bulag.
It's hard to be blind.

Usage notes

Enclitics follow the word or phrase (e.g. names, dates, addresses, times of day) after maging and its inflected form.

Related terms

References

^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1995) “Tagalog Monosyllabic Roots”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎, volume 34, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 345–374

Further reading

“maging”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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