gitna
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Remontado Agta
Etymology
Noun
gitnâ
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq with *gi- prefix (cf. Cebuano gi-). Compare Ilocano tengnga (“middle”), Kapampangan pitna (“halve”), Bikol Central tanga (“between”), Cebuano tunga (“half, middle, center”), Waray-Waray butnga (“middle”), Tausug tunga' (“half”), and Malay tengah (“mid, amid”). See also Tausug gi'tung (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡitˈnaʔ/ [ɡɪt̪ˈn̪aʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: git‧na
Noun
gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ)
Derived terms
- git-
- gitlapi
- gitnaan
- gitnain
- Gitnang Aprika
- Gitnang Asya
- Gitnang Luzon
- Gitnang Panahon
- gitnang pangalan
- Gitnang Silangan
- gitnang-gitna
- gumitna
- hinggigitna
- igitna
- igitna-gitna
- ipagitna
- kalagitnaan
- magpagitna
- manggitna
- mapagitna
- pagitna
- pagitnaan
- pagitnain
- panggitna
- pumagitna
- Republika ng Gitnang Aprika
- sa gitna ng
Further reading
- “gitna”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “gitna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teŋaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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