gitna

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Remontado Agta[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Noun[edit]

gitnâ

  1. center; middle

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Compare Ilocano tengnga (“middle”), Kapampangan pitna (“halve”), Bikol Central tanga (“between”), Cebuano tunga (“half, middle, center”), Waray-Waray butnga (“middle”), and Malay tengah (“mid, amid”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡitˈnaʔ/, [ɡɪtˈnaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: git‧na

Noun[edit]

gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ)

  1. center; middle
    Synonym: sentro
  2. (Quezon) downtown area; commercial area
    Synonyms: bayan, sentro

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “gitna” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “gitna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*teŋaq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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