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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”).
Adverb
talaga
- really
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /talaˈɡa/,
- Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ga
Adverb
talagá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)
- really; truly
- Synonyms: nanggad, baya
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Sanskrit तलक (talaka) or तडाग (taḍāga).
Noun
talaga
- a well
- lake
- tank
- pool, pond
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian телега (telega).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /talʲaɡa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /talʲaɡa/
Noun
talaga f
- Alternative form of telega
Further reading
Sundanese
Romanization
talaga
- Romanization of ᮒᮜᮌ
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”). Compare Bikol Central talaga and Kapampangan talaga.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ga
- IPA(key): /talaˈɡa/,
Adverb
talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)
- surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly
- Synonyms: sigurado, tiyak, walang-duda, walang-alinlangan
- purposely; intentionally
- Synonyms: sadya, sinadya
Interjection
talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)
- indeed!; certainly
Noun
talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)
- will; disposition (as of God)
- Synonyms: loob, kalooban
- act of inducting or installing (of officers, officials, etc.)
- Synonyms: pagpapanumpa, pagpapaluklok
- act of assigning an employee (to a certain place)
- Synonyms: destino, pagdedestino
- act of setting aside of something (for a certain purpose)
- Synonyms: laan, paglalaan, taan, pagtataan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Possibly borrowed from Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”). Compare Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga, “lake”), Kapampangan talaga, Sundanese ᮒᮜᮌ (talaga, “lake”), and Ternate talaga (“lake”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ga
- IPA(key): /taˈlaɡaʔ/,
Noun
talagà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)
- well (of water)
- Synonym: balon
See also
Further reading
- “talaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 53
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”), तडाग (taḍāga, “pond”).
Pronunciation
Noun
talaga
- a lake
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh