kalagitnaan
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gitna + kala- -an. Can also be analyzed as kalagitna + -an. Possibly from kagitnaan + -*al-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalaɡitˈnaʔan/ [kɐ.lɐ.ɣɪtˈnaː.ʔɐn]
- Rhymes: -aʔan
- Syllabification: ka‧la‧git‧na‧an
Noun
[edit]kalagitnaan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈᜀᜈ᜔)
- middle; midst
- Synonym: kaibuturan
- kalagitnaan ng daan ― middle of the road
- kalagitnaan ng giyera ― midst of war
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kalagitnaan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔan/5 syllables
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