dagat-dagatan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • dagatdagatan

Etymology

From reduplication of dagat +‎ -an, literally, “little sea”.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˌɡat daˈɡatan/ [d̪ɐˌɣat̪ d̪ɐˈɣaː.t̪ɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -atan
  • Syllabification: da‧gat-da‧ga‧tan

Noun

dagát-dagatan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. lake; lakelet
    Synonyms: lawa, lanaw, danaw, laguna, pulilan, dagatan

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