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Tagalog
Etymology
Either inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgap (“accept”) or borrowed from Malay tangkap (“gripping; clasping; capture by the hand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋkəp (“catch, as by covering”). The two etymology sources may be equivalent. Compare Kapampangan tanggap (“accept”), Maranao tangkap (“accept”), and Balinese tanggap (“take into hand”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tanggáp (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜉ᜔)
- admitted (of one's guilt, crime, etc.)
- Synonym: inamin
- accepted; recognized; admitted
- Synonyms: kinilala, aseptado
- received
- Synonym: tinanggap
Derived terms
See also
Noun
tanggáp (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜉ᜔)
- acceptance of something offered or given
- Synonym: aseptasyon
- reception of something sent (by letter, text message, etc.)
- admission; confession (of one's guilt, crime, etc.)
- Synonyms: pag-amin, pagtanggap
- admission; approval (of one's application for employment, enrollment, etc.)
- recognition; acceptance (as of evidence or testimony in court)
Further reading
- “tanggap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018