maging
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- maguing – Abecedario orthography, obsolete
Etymology
Possibly from obsolete root *ging (also possible to be *gi/*giq/*gin + -ng suffix). [1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ging
- IPA(key): /maˈɡiŋ/, [mɐˈɣiŋ]
Verb
magíng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜅ᜔, complete naging, progressive nagiging, contemplative magiging)
- to become.
- Naging asul ang langit.
- The sky became blue.
- Magiging maganda siya.
- He will become beautiful.
- to be
- Mahirap maging bulag.
- It's hard to be blind.
Usage notes
- Enclitics follow the word or phrase (e.g. names, dates, addresses, times of day) after maging and its inflected form.
Related terms
- pagiging
- paging
References
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1995), “Tagalog Monosyllabic Roots”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 34, issue 2, DOI:, ISSN 0029-8115, page 345–374