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Agutaynen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (truly, surely, really, in fact).

Adverb

talaga

  1. 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)

  1. really; truly
    Synonyms: nanggad, baya

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit तलक (talaka) or तडाग (taḍāga).

Noun

talaga

  1. a well
  2. lake
  3. tank
  4. pool, pond

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телега (telega).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /talʲaɡa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /talʲaɡa/

Noun

talaga f

  1. Alternative form of telega

Further reading

Sundanese

Romanization

talaga

  1. 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)

  1. surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly
    Synonyms: sigurado, tiyak, walang-duda, walang-alinlangan
  2. purposely; intentionally
    Synonyms: sadya, sinadya

Interjection

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. indeed!; certainly

Noun

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. will; disposition (as of God)
    Synonyms: loob, kalooban
  2. act of inducting or installing (of officers, officials, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagpapanumpa, pagpapaluklok
  3. act of assigning an employee (to a certain place)
    Synonyms: destino, pagdedestino
  4. 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)

  1. 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

  1. a lake

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh