talaga

See also: Talaga

Agutaynen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (truly, surely, really, in fact).

Adverb

talaga

  1. really

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (truly, surely, really, in fact).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talaˈɡa/ [ta.l̪aˈɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. really; truly
    Synonyms: nanggad, baya

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog talaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talaˈɡa/ [tʌ.lʌˈɡa]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /taraˈɡa/ [tʌ.rʌˈɡa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá

  1. surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly
    • 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos[1], Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Exodus 7:14:
      Idi makdeng di, kanan Diyos en Moses, “Talaga ay natangken din nemnem di ari et doy ay adi nan palobosan din Israelita.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit तलक (talaka) or तडाग (taḍāga).

Noun

talaga

  1. a well
  2. lake
  3. tank
  4. pool, pond

Derived terms

  • analaga
  • atalaga
  • tinalaga

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телега (telega).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /talʲaɡa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /talʲaɡa/

Noun

talaga f

  1. alternative form of telega

Further reading

Sundanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तडाग (taḍāga). Cognate to Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga).

Noun

talaga (Sundanese script ᮒᮜᮌ)

  1. lake
    Synonym: situ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *talagá (truly, surely, really, in fact). Compare Kapampangan tagana and Bikol Central talaga.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /talaˈɡa/ [t̪ɐ.lɐˈɣa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly
    Synonyms: sigurado, tiyak, walang-duda, walang-alinlangan
  2. purposely; intentionally
    Synonyms: sadya, sinadya
Alternative forms

Interjection

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. indeed!; certainly

Noun

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. will; disposition (as of God)
    Synonyms: loob, kalooban
  2. act of inducting or installing (of officers, officials, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagpapanumpa, pagpapaluklok
  3. act of assigning an employee (to a certain place)
    Synonyms: destino, pagdedestino, asignasyon
  4. act of setting aside of something (for a certain purpose)
    Synonyms: laan, paglalaan, taan, pagtataan
Derived terms
  • italaga
  • katalagahan
  • magtalaga
  • matalaga
  • nakatalaga
  • pagtatalaga
  • tumalaga

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, pond). Compare Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga, lake), Kapampangan talaga, Sundanese talaga (lake), and Ternate talaga (lake).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈlaɡaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlaː.ɣɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
  • Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Noun

talagà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

  1. well (of water)
    Synonym: balon
See also

Further reading

  • talaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog[2] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 53

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, pond), तडाग (taḍāga, pond).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta.ˈla.ɡa]

Noun

talaga

  1. a lake

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh