mga

mga

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Middle Irish.

From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a from Spanish-era contraction of manga.

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/ [maˈŋa]

mga

1. used to pluralize nouns: -s, -es

   mga ayam ― dogs

• manga

From Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a from Spanish-era contraction of manga.

• IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: m‧ga

mga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

1. pluralizing indicator: -s, -es

   ti mga kan-akan ― the young men

mga (Hanunoo spelling ᜫᜥ)

1. about; approximately; around

   mga tulo ka bilog ― around three units

   mga usa ka bayos kiling ― just about one length of bamboo

• Used before numbers.

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 189

From Proto-Bisayan *maŋa, from Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. The spelling is a contraction of manga.

• IPA^(key): /mɐˈŋa/

mgá

1. used to pluralize nouns: -s, -es;

   mga ido ― dogs

• mañga, mang̃a, man͠ga, m̃ga, mg̃a, m͠ga — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• manga — archaic

From earlier manga, from Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa. Compare Bikol Central mga, Hanunoo mga, and Hiligaynon mga.

The three-letter spelling originated in a now defunct Spanish language abbreviation convention of drawing a tilde over words with nasal sounds. In this case manga, earlier rendered as mang̃a, was later contracted as mg̃a or m͠ga. The complications of typing ⟨ñ⟩, ⟨g̃⟩ or any such tilded combination using English language typewriters during the American occupation of the Philippines caused it to be dropped in writing. Compare ng.

The abbreviated form was kept to avoid possible confusion with prefix manga-.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈŋa/ [mɐˈŋa]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: m‧ga

mga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

1. used to pluralize nouns: -s, -es

   mga aso ― dogs

mga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ)

1. approximately; around; about

   Synonyms: halos, humigit-kumulang, (place, time) banda

   Alis tayo mga alas tres ng hapon.

   Let's leave around 3 pm.

   Siguro mga sampung piso lang iyong pamasahe.

   Maybe the fare is around ₱10.

   Alam mo bang mga ganito na lang kalapit ng kotse kanina sa akin?

   Did you know that the nearness between the car and I was about only this close?

• “mga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Lope K (1939) Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa‎^[1] (in Tagalog), →ISBN, archived from the original on 6 August 2022, page 112

• mag-, GMA