tanggal

tanggal

Bikol Central

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧gal
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/

Adjective

tanggál

1. detached, disconnected

   Synonyms: haklas, utas

2. (by extension) removed

   Synonym: hali

Derived terms

• magtanggal
• makatanggal
• matanggal
• tanggalon

 

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Cebuano

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧gal
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/, [t̪ʌŋˈɡal̪]

Verb

tanggal

1. to remove

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanggal (“to fall off”), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”).

• For the sense of date (day and month), a semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal, “date, beginning of the lunar month”), from Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaŋɡal]
• Hyphenation: tang‧gal

Verb

tanggal

1. to fall out

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penanggal [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penanggalan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menanggalkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menanggali [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditanggalkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditanggali [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertanggal [agentless action] (teR-)

Noun

tanggal (plural tanggal-tanggal, first-person possessive tanggalku, second-person possessive tanggalmu, third-person possessive tanggalnya)

new moon: moon is detached (tanggal) from the night sky

1. date (day and month)

   Synonyms: datum, hari bulan, penanggalan, tarikh

Derived terms

• bertanggal
• menanggali
• penanggalan
• tanggalan
• tertanggal

 

• tanggal akhir kontrak
• tanggal akhir perjanjian
• tanggal akhir program
• tanggal berita
• tanggal efektif
• tanggal jatuh tempo
• tanggal mati
• tanggal merah
• tanggal muda
• tanggal pembukuan
• tanggal surut
• tanggal terbit
• tanggal tua

 

Further reading

• “tanggal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan	ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀꧈ ꦠꦔ꧀ꦒꦭ꧀
Roman	tanggal

Etymology

From Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.

Noun

tanggal

1. date (day and month)
2. beginning of the lunar month

Derived terms

• nanggal
• pananggalan
• tanggalan
• tumanggal

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tanggal

Further reading

• “[ tanggal]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

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Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡal/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡal

Verb

tanggal (Jawi spelling تڠݢل‎)

1. to fall off
2. to take off
3. to detach

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penanggal [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penanggalan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tanggalkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• tanggali [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• menanggalkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menanggali [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditanggalkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditanggali [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertanggal [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tanggal

Further reading

• “tanggal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal. Compare Cebuano tanggal and Malay tanggal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧gal
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/, [tɐŋˈɡal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

1. removed; disconnected

   Synonym: inalis

2. detached; unfastened

   Synonyms: bakbak, tuklap, nabakbak, binakbak, natuklap, tinuklap

3. fired; dismissed (from a job, office, etc.)

   Synonyms: sisante, sibak, sinibak, itinanggal, itiniwalag, sipa, (slang) tsugi

Derived terms

• ipatanggal
• magkatanggal
• magpatanggal
• magtanggal
• magtanggal-tanggal
• magtatanggal
• mananangga
• matanggal
• pagtanggal
• pagtanggal-tanggalin
• pagtatanggal
• pantanggal
• tanggalin
• tumanggal

 

Noun

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

1. act of removing or disconnecting

   Synonym: pag-alis

2. act of detaching

   Synonyms: bakbak, pagbakbak, tuklap, pagtuklap, puknat, pagpuknat

3. act of dismissing (someone from a job, office, etc.)

   Synonyms: sisante, pagsisante, pagtitiwalag

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Toba Batak

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Adjective

tanggal

1. detached
2. unraveled