gitna
Remontado Agta edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.
Noun edit
gitnâ
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
Noun edit
gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ)
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