tangga
Bikol Central
Noun
tangga
- step (of a staircase)
- rung (of a ladder)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tangga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/
- Hyphenation: tang‧ga
- Rhymes: -taŋɡa, -aŋɡa, -ɡa, -a
Noun
tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)
- stair (series of steps)
Derived terms
- bertangga
- setangga
- tangga berjalan
- tangga beroda
- tangga geser
- tangga jenjang
- tangga karier
- tangga lagu
- tangga lipat
- tangga monyet
- tangga nada
- tangga nada mayor
- tangga pandu
- tangga picak
- tangga pilin
- tangga sambung
- tangga sigai
- tangga sokong
- tangga sosial
- tangga spiral
- tangga tali
- tangga teras
- tangga ulir
- tangga universal
Further reading
- “tangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /taŋɡə/
- (Baku) IPA(key): /taŋɡa/
- Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ɡə, -ə
Noun
tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)
- stair (series of steps)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tangga
Further reading
- “tangga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tang‧ga
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/, [ˈtaŋ.ɡɐ]
Noun
tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)
- a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)
- Synonym: tantsing
Derived terms
- tanggahan
Further reading
- “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, DOI:, ISSN 0024-3841, page 467–504