tangga

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Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/, [ˈtaŋ.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun[edit]

tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)
    Synonym: hagyan

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay tangga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)

  1. stair (series of steps)
  2. ladder
  3. a support to get into a car, train, etc.
  4. (figuratively) level

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)

  1. stair (series of steps)
  2. ladder

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: tangga

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/, [ˈtaŋ.ɡɐ]
  • Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun[edit]

tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)
    Synonym: tantsing

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
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