salitang-ugat

See also: salitang ugat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• salitang ugat

Etymology

From salita +‎ -ng- +‎ ugat. See also English root word.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saliˌtaŋ ʔuˈɡat/ [sɐ.lɪˌt̪aŋ ʔʊˈɣat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: sa‧li‧tang-u‧gat

Noun

salitáng-ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

1. (linguistic morphology) root; root word