alog

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈloɡ/ [ʔɐˈloɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -oɡ
  • Syllabification: a‧log

Noun

alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. shake; jerk; jog
    Synonyms: kalog, ag-ag, ig-ig, ug-og, uga, ugoy, yugyog
Derived terms

Adjective

alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. shaking; loosely fitted or adjusted (of structures)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ (“current, deep channel in the middle of a river”). Compare Ibatan ayoy, Ilocano alog, Kapampangan alugan, Calamian Tagbanwa kalug, Cebuano alog, Malagasy alo-alo, and Malay alur.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaloɡ/ [ˈʔaː.loɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aloɡ
  • Syllabification: a‧log

Noun

alog (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. ford; pool of standing water in a lowland or field
    Synonyms: tubigan, batis
  2. (obsolete) act of wading (across or through a river or ford)
    Synonym: tawid
Derived terms
See also

Further reading

  • “alog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaluR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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