tengga
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish tenga, an inflection of tener.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈteŋɡa/ [ˈt̪ɛŋ.ɡɐ]
- Rhymes: -eŋɡa
- Syllabification: teng‧ga
Adjective
tengga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ) (informal)
- held up; on hold; kept idle; halted; stopped; paused; at a standstill
- Synonyms: nakahinto, nakatigil, nakahumpay, tigil
- unused; idle; inactive
Derived terms
- itengga
- makatengga
See also
Further reading
- “tengga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018