dalawa

Tagalog

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    Cardinal: dalawa
    Spanish cardinal: dos
    Ordinal: ikalawa, pangalawa
    Spanish ordinal: segundo, segunda
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-2, pang-2
    Adverbial: makalawa, makadalawa
    Multiplier: doble, dalawang ibayo
    Distributive: tigdalawa, dalawahan, dala-dalawa
    Restrictive: dadalawa
    Fractional: kalahati
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier dalwa, from earlier *darua < *dadua, from Proto-Central Philippine *da-duha (with irregular loss of *h), from Proto-Philippine *da-duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-duha, from Proto-Austronesian *da-duSa. Cognate with Malay dua.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /dalaˈwa/ [d̪ɐ.lɐˈwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: da‧la‧wa

Numeral

dalawá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜏ)

  1. two
    Synonym: dos

Usage notes

  • To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with -ng enclitic suffix when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate preposition, na, for a consonant.
    Isang saging, dalawang pinya
    One banana, two pineapples
    Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga
    Four apples, six mangos

Derived terms

Further reading

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