mag-ina

See also: magina

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From mag- +‎ ina (mother).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
  • IPA(key): /maɡʔiˈnaʔ/ [maɡ.ʔiˈn̪aʔ]

Noun

mag-inâ

  1. mother and child
    Coordinate term: mag-ama

Etymology 2

From mag- +‎ ina (subtract, decrease).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
  • IPA(key): /maɡˈʔinaʔ/ [maɡˈʔi.n̪aʔ]

Verb

mag-inà

  1. to subtract; to decrease
  2. to lessen
See also

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-ina. By surface analysis, mag- +‎ ina (mother).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡʔiˈna/ [mɐɡ.ʔɪˈn̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: mag-i‧na

Noun

mag-iná (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜈ)

  1. mother and child
    Synonym: magnanay
    Coordinate term: mag-ama

Further reading

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

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