galagala

Cebuano

Etymology

Reduplication of gala.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ga‧la

Noun

galagala

1. a money dance

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gala-gala (“tar oil”), plural of gala (“resin”), ultimately from Sanskrit गल (gala, “resin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡalaˈɡala/ [ɡɐ.lɐˈɣaː.lɐ], /ɡalaɡaˈla/ [ɡɐ.lɐ.ɣɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -ala, -a
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧ga‧la

Noun

galagala or galagalá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜄᜎ)

1. pitch; tar plaster; calker; caulker
2. almaciga (Agathis dammara, syn. Agathis philippensis)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dayungon, dadyangan

See also

• alkitran
• biton
• kapol

 

References

• “galagala” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “galagala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Agathis+philippensis at The Plant List