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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 窗仔 (thang-á, “window”) according to Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taŋˈwa/,
- Hyphenation: tang‧wa
Noun
tangwá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜏ)
- sheer edge of a steep height (as of a cliff, precipice, table, etc.)
- Synonyms: bingit, gilid, tabihan
- precipice; steep cliff
- (Southern Tagalog, chiefly Batangas) any opening where one might fall from
- Synonym: tungwa (Quezon)
- (obsolete) Synonym of patangwa
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See also
Further reading
- “tangwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 67
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot