kailangan

Sambali edit

Adjective edit

kailangan

necessary

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

cailañgan, cailang̃an, cailan͠gan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
kelangan — colloquial
kaylangan, keylangan

Etymology edit

From ilang +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kaʔiˈlaŋan/, [kɐ.ʔɪˈla.ŋɐn]

IPA^(key): /kajˈlaŋan/, [kaɪ̯ˈla.ŋɐn] (relaxed)

IPA^(key): /ˌkeˈlaŋan/, [ˌkɛˈla.ŋɐn] (relaxed)
Hyphenation: ka‧i‧la‧ngan

Adjective edit

kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

necessary

Noun edit

kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

necessity

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

“kailangan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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