Tagalog

Tagalog

See also: tagalog

English

Etymology

From Tagalog Tagalog.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: təgäʹlŏg, təgălʹəg; IPA^(key): /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, /təˈɡæləɡ/
• (General American) enPR: təgäʹləg, təgäʹlôg; IPA^(key): /təˈɡɑləɡ/, /təˈɡɑlɔɡ/
• Hyphenation: Taga‧log

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Tagalog

1. A language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.

   Synonym: Tagal

Translations

language

Arabic: تَاغَالُوغِيَّة‎ f (taḡaluḡiyya) Armenian: տագալերեն (tagaleren), տագալոգ (tagalog) Belarusian: тага́льская мо́ва f (tahálʹskaja móva), тага́льская f (tahálʹskaja) Bengali: তাগালোগভাষা (tagalogbhaṣa) Bulgarian: тага́лог m (tagálog) Catalan: tagàlog m, tagal (ca) Cebuano: Tagalug, Tagalog, Tinagalog Chinese: Mandarin: 他加祿語／他加禄语 (zh) (Tājiālù yǔ) Czech: tagalština f Danish: tagalog Finnish: tagalog (fi) French: tagalog (fr) m Galician: tagalo (gl) m German: Tagalog (de) n Hebrew: טאגאלוג‎ Hindi: टागालोग भाषा (ṭāgālog bhāṣā), टागालोग (ṭāgālog) Hungarian: tagalog (hu) Japanese: タガログ語 (ja) (タガログご, Tagarogu-go) Korean: 타갈로그어 (ko) (Tagallogeu-eo) Malay: bahasa Tagalog Navajo: Kéyah Dańlíinii bikáaʼgi kéédahatʼínígíí bizaad Persian: زبان تاگالوگ‎ Portuguese: tagalo (pt) m Russian: тага́льский (ru) m (tagálʹskij), тага́лог m (tagálog) Spanish: tagalo (es) m Swedish: tagalog (sv) Tagalog: Tagalog (tl) Thai: ภาษาตากาล็อก (th) (paa-sǎa dtaa-gaa-lɔ́k) Turkish: Tagalogca (tr) Ukrainian: тага́льська (uk) f (tahálʹsʹka), тага́лог m (taháloh)

Noun

Tagalog (plural Tagalogs or Tagalog)

1. A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.

   Synonyms: Tagal, (female) Tagala

2. (chiefly Cebu) a speaker of the Tagalog language

Translations

member of the Filipino ethnic group

Cebuano: Tagalog, Tagalug Finnish: tagaali Galician: tagalo (gl) m German: Tagale m Hungarian: tagalog (hu) Malay: orang Tagalog Russian: тага́л (ru) m (tagál) Turkish: Tagalog (tr)

Adjective

Tagalog (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Tagalogs.

   Synonym: (female) Tagala

Translations

of or relating to the Tagalogs

Catalan: tagàlog Cebuano: Tagalog, Tagalug Galician: tagalo (gl) m Hungarian: tagalog (hu) Malay: Tagalog Russian: тага́льский (ru) (tagálʹskij) Spanish: tagalo (es) Tagalog: Tagalog (tl) Turkish: Tagalog (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tagalog terms
• Appendix:Tagalog Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tagalog

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code tl, ISO 639-3 code tgl (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tagalog, tgl ⁠

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːɡaːlɔk/

• audio

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Proper noun

Tagalog n

1. Tagalog (language)

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Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• from taga- (“native of”) +‎ alog (“ford”)[1]
• from taga- (“native of”) +‎ ilog (“river”)
• from Tagal, the name of some tribes in Borneo or Sumatra[2]

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ta‧ga‧log
• IPA^(key): /taˈɡaloɡ/, [tɐˈɣa.loɡ]

• Audio

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Noun

Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tagalog language
2. Tagalog (person)

   Synonym: (female) Tagala

Adjective

Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tagalog (pertaining to the Tagalog region, the Tagalog people, or the Tagalog language)

Derived terms

• barahang-tagalog
• barong-tagalog
• isatagalog
• itagalog
• Katagalugan
• magtagalog
• managalog
• mananagalog
• pananagalog
• Tagalista
• tagalugin
• Timog Katagalugan
• tumagalog

 

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 他加祿語 (taa¹ gaa¹ luk⁶ jyu⁵)
• → Cebuano: Tinagalog, Tagalug
• → Czech: tagalog
• → Danish: tagalog
• → Dutch: Tagalog
• → English: Tagalog
• → Finnish: tagalog
• → French: tagalog
• → Icelandic: tagalog
• → Indonesian: Tagalog
• → Japanese: タガログ語 (Tagarogu-go)
• → Korean: 타갈로그어 (Tagallogeu-eo)
• → Malay: Tagalog
• → Mandarin: 他加祿語／他加禄语 (Tājiālùyǔ)
• → Min Nan: 他加祿話 (Tha-ka-lo̍k-ōe), 他加祿語 (Thaⁿ-ka-lo̍k-gír)
• → Portuguese: tagalo
• → Spanish: tagalo, tagala

References

1. Sanger, J. P. (1905) Census of the Philippine Islands, Taken Under the Direction of the Philippine Commission in the Year 1903, Volume 1, Quezon City: U.S. Bureau of the Census, page 451
2. Panganiban, José Villa (1972) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 936-937

Further reading

• “Tagalog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018