mapagkamalan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mapagkamal-an — dialectal, Southern Tagalog
• mapagkamalian

Etymology

Syncopic form of mapagkamalian, from ma- +‎ pagka- +‎ mali +‎ -an. Can also be analyzed as ma- +‎ pagkamalan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mapaɡˌkamaˈlan/ [mɐ.pɐɡˌkaː.mɐˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ma‧pag‧ka‧ma‧lan

Verb

mapagkámalán (complete napagkamalan, progressive napagkakamalan, contemplative mapagkakamalan, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜋᜎᜈ᜔)

1. to be mistaken for someone/something else unintentionally; to be unintentionally misconstrued

Further reading

• “mapagkamalan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier