mandaragit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mandadagit
• mangdaragit

Etymology

From man- +‎ dagit with initial reduplication of the root.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌmandaɾaˈɡit/ [ˌman̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐˈɣit̪̚], (obsolete) /mandaˈɾaɡit/ [mɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.ɣɪt̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -it
  • IPA^(key): /mandaˈɾaɡit/ [mɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.ɣɪt̪̚] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -aɡit
• Syllabification: man‧da‧ra‧git

Noun

mándaragít (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. bird of prey (large bird that swoops down to snatch prey)
2. (literally) swooper

Derived terms

• ibong mandaragit

 

Verb

mandaragit (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. contemplative aspect of mandagit

Further reading

• “mandaragit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot