Tagalog

Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /taˈɡaloɡ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: təgäʹlŏg, təgălʹəg; IPA^(key): /təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, /təˈɡæləɡ/
• (General American) enPR: təgäʹləg, təgäʹlôg; IPA^(key): /təˈɡɑləɡ/, /təˈɡɑlɔɡ/
• Hyphenation: Ta‧ga‧log

• Audio (US):

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Tagalog

1. A language spoken in the Philippines, especially in areas of central to southern Luzon.

   Synonym: Tagal

Tagalog (plural Tagalogs or Tagalog)

1. A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.

   Synonyms: Tagal, (female) Tagala

2. (chiefly Cebu) a speaker of the Tagalog language

Tagalog (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Tagalogs.

   Synonym: (female) Tagala

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tagalog terms
• Appendix:Tagalog Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tagalog

• ISO 639-1 code tl, ISO 639-3 code tgl (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tagalog, tgl ⁠

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːɡaːlɔk/

• Audio:

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Tagalog n

1. Tagalog (language)

Uncertain. Possibly:

• From taga- (“native of”) +‎ alog (“ford”).^[1]
• From taga- (“native of”) +‎ ilog (“river”).
• From Tagal, the name of some tribes in Borneo or Sumatra.^[2]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈɡaloɡ/ [t̪ɐˈɣaː.loɡ̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aloɡ
• Syllabification: Ta‧ga‧log

Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tagalog language

   Synonym: (obsolete) wikang-tao

• wikang-tao

Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tagalog (person)

   Coordinate term: (archaic, female) Tagala

Tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tagalog (pertaining to the Tagalog region, the Tagalog people, or the Tagalog language)

• “Tagalog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018