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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/
- Hyphenation: tang‧ga
Noun
tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)
- step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)
- Synonym: hagyan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tangga.
Pronunciation
Noun
tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)
- stair (series of steps)
- ladder
- a support to get into a car, train, etc.
- (figuratively) level
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)
- stair (series of steps)
- ladder
Descendants
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)
- a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)
- Synonym: tantsing
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
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