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Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Kapampangan tugagas.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tugagás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄᜄᜐ᜔)
- of pale, dead, lifeless color
- Synonyms: maputla, mapusyaw
- (obsolete) dull; faded; faint (of color)
- Synonym: kupas
- tugagas na tayom ― dull indigo color
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tugagas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 169: “Color) Togagas (pp) mal teñida y muerta”