galagala

Reduplication of gala.

• Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ga‧la

galagala

1. a money dance

Borrowed from Malay gala-gala (“tar oil”), plural of gala (“resin”), ultimately from Sanskrit गल (gala, “resin”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡalaˈɡala/ [ɡɐ.lɐˈɣaː.lɐ], /ɡalaɡaˈla/ [ɡɐ.lɐ.ɣɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -ala, -a
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧ga‧la

galagala or galagalá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜄᜎ)

1. pitch; tar plaster; calker; caulker
2. almaciga (Agathis dammara, syn. Agathis philippensis)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dayungon, dadyangan

• “galagala”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “galagala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Agathis+philippensis at The Plant List