mantala
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Malay mantera (“invocation; prayer”), from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).[1] Compare tala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mantala
- (history) edict; proclamation of a datu
Derived terms edit
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay mantera (“invocation; prayer”), from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: man‧ta‧la
Noun edit
mantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)
- (mythology) incantation; conjuration; exorcism
- (botany) a species of small tree
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
mantalà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ) (mythology, obsolete)
References edit
- “mantala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 289-290