magwala
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡwaˈlaʔ/ [mɐɡ.wɐˈlaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: mag‧wa‧la
Verb edit
magwalâ (complete nagwala, progressive nagwawala, contemplative magwawala, 2nd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ)
- to escape bondage or imprisonment
- to act out (to express one's feelings through disruptive actions)
- to go ballistic (to become extremely angry or irrational, to fly in a rage)
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for magwala
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mag- ᜋᜄ᜔ |
wala ᜏᜎ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| magwala ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ |
nagwala ᜈᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ |
nagwawala ᜈᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ nagawala1 ᜈᜄᜏᜎ |
magwawala ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ magawala1 ᜋᜄᜏᜎ gawala1 ᜄᜏᜎ |
formal | kawawala ᜃᜏᜏᜎ kapagwawala ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ |
magwala1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ |
| informal | kakawala ᜃᜃᜏᜎ kakapagwala ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ kapapagwala ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ | |||||
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “magwala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018