tanggal

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tang‧gal
  • IPA(key): /taŋˈɡal/

Adjective

tanggál

  1. detached, disconnected
    Synonyms: haklas, utas
  2. (by extension) removed
    Synonym: hali

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tang‧gal
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡal/

Verb

tanggal

  1. to remove

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanggal (to fall off), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (unfastened, detached).

Pronunciation

Verb

tanggal

  1. to fall out
    Synonyms: lepas, luruh

Derived terms

Noun

tanggal (plural tanggal-tanggal)

new moon: moon is detached (tanggal) from the night sky
  1. date (day and month)
    Synonyms: datum, hari bulan, penanggalan, tarikh (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tanggal

  1. romanization of ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀

Kapampangan

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal. Compare Tagalog tanggal, Cebuano tanggal and Malay tanggal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təŋˈɡal/
  • Hyphenation: tang‧gál

Adjective

tanggál

  1. removed; disconnected;
    Synonym: leko
  2. detached; unfastened
    Synonyms: bakbak, tuklap
  3. fired; dismissed (from a job, office, etc.)
    Synonyms: sisanti, sibak, mesibak, tinggal

Verb

tanggál

  1. act of removing or disconnecting
    Synonyms: lako, paglako, ilako
  2. act of detaching
    Synonyms: bakbak, bakbakan, tuklapan, pagtuklap
  3. act of eliminating
    Synonym: milako
  4. act of dismissing (someone from a job, office, etc.)
    Synonyms: sisanti, pamaglako

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

Verb

tanggal (Jawi spelling تڠݢل)

  1. to fall off
  2. to take off
  3. to detach

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tanggal

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal. Compare Kapampangan tanggal, Cebuano tanggal and Malay tanggal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

  1. removed; disconnected
    Synonym: inalis
  2. detached; unfastened
    Synonyms: bakbak, tuklap, nabakbak, binakbak, natuklap, tinuklap
  3. fired; dismissed (from a job, office, etc.)
    Synonyms: sesante, sibak, sinibak, itinanggal, itiniwalag, sipa, (slang) tsugi

Derived terms

Noun

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

  1. act of removing or disconnecting
    Synonym: pag-alis
  2. act of detaching
    Synonyms: bakbak, pagbakbak, tuklap, pagtuklap, puknat, pagpuknat
  3. act of dismissing (someone from a job, office, etc.)
    Synonyms: sesante, pagsesante, pagtitiwalag

Anagrams

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Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Adjective

tanggal

  1. detached
  2. unraveled