oktaba

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: walo     Spanish cardinal: otso     Ordinal: ikawalo, pangwalo     Spanish ordinal: oktabo, oktaba     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-8, pang-8     Adverbial: makawalo     Multiplier: walong ibayo     Distributive: tigwalo, waluhan, walo-walo     Restrictive: wawalo     Fractional: kawalo, sangkawalo, ikawalo, saikawalo
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Alternative forms

• utaba — postponement

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish octava, from Latin octāvus (“eighth”). As for the sense of "postponement", according to Panganiban (1973), at least two old folk informers affirm that during their younger years, a postponement in utaba meant "the same day next week" which would be the eighth day.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔokˈtaba/ [ʔokˈt̪aː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: ok‧ta‧ba

Noun

oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)

1. (music) octave
2. (poetry) octave
3. postponement to a later date (especially of a celebration or festival)

   Synonym: pagpapaliban

Derived terms

• ioktaba

Adjective

oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)

1. (uncommon) eighth

   Synonyms: ikawalo, oktabo

References

• “oktaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 738

Anagrams

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