mamaga
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mamaˈɡaʔ/ [mɐ.mɐˈɣaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ma‧ma‧ga
Verb
[edit]mamagâ (complete namaga, progressive namamaga, contemplative mamamaga, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜄ)
- to swell; to inflame; to engorge
- 2001, Antonio A. Hidalgo, Ang masayang mundo ni Nestor D.: maikling kuwento:
- Papahiran din niya ng espesyal na lason ang pako upang mamaga ang sugat ng magnanakaw at abutin siya ng dalawang buwan bago niya mapagaling ito. Ginamit daw ng U.S. Army ito kontra sa Viet Cong sa Vietnam. Mamimili rin siya ng ...
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Conjugation
[edit]Verb conjugation for mamaga
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mang- ᜋᜅ᜔ |
maga ᜋᜄ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| mamaga ᜋᜋᜄ |
namaga ᜈᜋᜄ |
namamaga ᜈᜋᜋᜄ |
mamamaga ᜋᜋᜋᜄ |
formal | kapamamaga ᜃᜉᜋᜋᜄ |
pamaga1 ᜉ ᜋᜄ |
| informal | kakapamaga ᜃᜃᜉᜋᜄ kapapamaga ᜃᜉᜉᜋᜄ | |||||
| 1 Not used in Standard Tagalog. Dialectal use only. | ||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “mamaga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “maga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1158
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 680