maging

Syllabic abbreviation of makan daging.

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡeŋ/ [ˈma.ɡeŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡeŋ, -ɡeŋ, -eŋ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡiŋ/ [ˈma.ɡiŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡiŋ, -ɡiŋ, -iŋ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ging

maging (Jawi spelling ماݢيڠ, plural maging-maging)

1. (dated) syllabic abbreviation of makan daging: carnivore

   Synonym: karnivor

   Coordinate terms: maserba, maun

• “maging” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• maguing, maguin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• magin — rare

From magi +‎ -ng, possibly from ma- +‎ obsolete root *gi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈɡiŋ/ [mɐˈɣɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
• (Quezon, alternative) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡiŋ/ [ˈmaː.ɣɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡiŋ
• Syllabification: ma‧ging

magíng (complete naging, progressive nagiging, contemplative magiging, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜅ᜔)

1. to become

   Naging asul ang langit.

   The sky became blue.

   Magiging maganda siya.

   He will become beautiful.

2. to be

   Mahirap maging bulag.

   It's hard to be blind.

• Enclitics follow the word or phrase (e.g. names, dates, addresses, times of day) after maging and its inflected form.

• “maging”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1995) “Tagalog Monosyllabic Roots”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[1], volume 34, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 345–374