laglag

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *rəgrə́g. Compare Ilocano regreg (“fall”), Bikol Central ragrag (“crumbs”), and Cebuano dagdag (“fall”). Possibly related to Hokkien 落 (lak, “to fall; to drop”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laɡˈlaɡ/ [lɐɡˈlaɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: lag‧lag

Noun

laglág (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔)

1. fall (of an object from a height)

   Synonyms: bagsak, hulog, lagpak, paglagpak, pagkahulog

2. dropping from a height

   Synonyms: paglalagpak, paghuhulog

3. failure (in an examination)

   Synonyms: bagsak, pagbagsak, lagpak, pagkahulog, di-pagpasa

4. (euphemistic) abortion; forced miscarriage
5. (figurative, colloquial) betrayal

Derived terms

• ilaglag
• ipalaglag
• laglag-luksa
• laglag-panti
• laglagan
• laglagang-luksa
• lumaglag
• magpalaglag
• makalaglag-panti
• malaglag
• malaglagan
• pagkalaglag
• pagpapalaglag
• pampalaglag

 

Adjective

laglág (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔)

1. fallen (as of fruits from a tree)

   Synonyms: bagsak, bumagsak, lagpak

2. failed (in an examination)

   Synonyms: bagsak, hulog, lagpak, bumagsak, di-pasado, di-pumasa

3. (euphemistic) aborted; deliberately miscarried

Further reading

• “laglag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*regrég”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• galgal