lingguwistika

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lingüística.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liŋɡuˈistika/ [lɪŋˌɡwis.t̪ɪˈxa]
  • Rhymes: -istika
  • Syllabification: ling‧gu‧wis‧ti‧ka

Noun

lingguwístiká (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ)

  1. linguistics
    Synonyms: dalubwikaan, agham-wika, agwika, palawikaan
    • 1970, Ponciano B. Peralta Pineda, Bato sa katedral‎[1], page 51:
      Ang lingguwistika, o siyensiya ng wika, ay may layuning maunawaan at mailarawan ang panloob na katangian ng isang wikang partikular.
      Linguistics, or the science of language, has the objective of understanding and describing the inner characteristics of a particular language.
    • 1971, Katipunan, Volume 1‎[2], Kagawaran ng Araling Pilipino, Ateneo de Manila, page 14:
      Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit mayroon tayong lingguwistika o aghamwika.
      That is the reason why we have linguistics.

Further reading

  • “lingguwistika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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