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Tagalog
Etymology
From magi + -ng, possibly from ma- + obsolete root *gi.
Pronunciation
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.
Further reading
- “maging”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1995) “Tagalog Monosyllabic Roots”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 34, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 345–374