alaga

alagà

1. something or someone one takes care of
2. pet

Ultimately from Malay harga.

alagâ

1. price; value; worth

alagâ

1. important; precious; valuable

Pre-Roman.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈla.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈla.ɣa]

alaga f (plural alagues)

1. Scots pine

   Synonym: pi roig

• “alaga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

alaga

1. comitative singular of ala

alaga

1. inflection of alagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• alaga'

Compare Tagalog alaga.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔaˈla.ɡɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

alagà (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜤ)

1. servant
2. care; protection

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

alaga

1. flying ant

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧ga
• Rhymes: -aɡɐ

alaga

1. inflection of alagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti, “watch over”), जागृ (jāgṛ, “awakening”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔɐˈlaː.ɣɐʔ] (“care; ward; pet”, noun; “under someone's care”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈɡaʔ/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ] (“well-cared for”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. care; caution
2. ward (someone or something being cared for)
3. pet

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. under the care of someone (of a person, animal, plant, etc.)

alagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. well-kept; well-cared for; carefully tended

• “alaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “alaga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025