mga
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]mga
Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a from Spanish-era contraction of manga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]mga
Hanunoo
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a from Spanish-era contraction of manga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]mga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)
Adverb
[edit]mga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)
- about; approximately; around
- mga tulo ka bilog ― around three units
- mga usa ka bayos kiling ― just about one length of bamboo
Usage notes
[edit]- Used before numbers.
Further reading
[edit]- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189
Hiligaynon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bisayan *maŋa, from Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a from Spanish-era contraction of manga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]mgá
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier manga, from Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.
The three-letter spelling originated in a now defunct Spanish language abbreviation convention of drawing a tilde over words with nasal sounds. In this case manga, earlier rendered as mang̃a, was later contracted as mg̃a or m͠ga. The complications of typing ⟨ñ⟩, ⟨g̃⟩ or any such tilded combination using English language typewriters during the American occupation of the Philippines caused it to be dropped in writing. Compare ng.
The abbreviated form was kept to avoid possible confusion with prefix manga-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: mga
Particle
[edit]mga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)
Adverb
[edit]mga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)
- approximately; around; about
- Synonyms: halos, humigit-kumulang, (place, time) banda
- Alis tayo mga alas tres ng hapon.
- Let's leave around 3 pm.
- Siguro mga sampung piso lang iyong pamasahe.
- Maybe the fare is around ₱10.
- Alam mo bang mga ganito na lang kalapit ng kotse kanina sa akin?
- Did you know that the nearness between the car and I was about only this close?
Further reading
[edit]- “mga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Lope K (1939) Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa[1] (in Tagalog), →ISBN, archived from the original on 6 August 2022, page 112
Anagrams
[edit]- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- ISO 639-2
- ISO 639-3
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central articles
- Bikol Central terms with usage examples
- Hanunoo terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Hanunoo terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Hanunoo terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hanunoo terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hanunoo 2-syllable words
- Hanunoo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hanunoo/a
- Rhymes:Hanunoo/a/2 syllables
- Hanunoo lemmas
- Hanunoo particles
- Hanunoo terms with Hanunoo script
- Hanunoo terms with usage examples
- Hanunoo adverbs
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon articles
- Hiligaynon terms with usage examples
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog particles
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- Tagalog adverbs