manggagawa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mangagaua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• mangagawa — obsolete

Etymology

From mang- +‎ gawa with initial reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maŋɡaˈɡawaʔ/ [mɐŋ.ɡɐˈɣa.wɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /maŋɡaɡaˈwaʔ/ [mɐŋ.ɡɐ.ɣɐˈwaʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: mang‧ga‧ga‧wa

Noun

manggagawà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜏ)

1. worker; laborer

   Synonyms: trabahador, obrero, operaryo

2. (Christianity) ministerial worker

Derived terms

• Araw ng mga Manggagawa
• kamanggagawa

 

See also

• ministro
• panday

 

Further reading

• “manggagawa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “manggagawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 450: “Oficial) Mangagava (pc) de qualquier oficio, ſale de gava, mangagava nang copia, oficial de ſombreros, mangagava nang calis, de eſpadas, mangagava nang boliyos, de randas.”