tangga

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/, [ˈtaŋ.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun

tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)

   Synonym: hagyan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tangga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/
• Hyphenation: tang‧ga
• Rhymes: -taŋɡa, -aŋɡa, -ɡa, -a

Noun

tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)

1. stair (series of steps)
2. ladder
3. a support to get into a car, train, etc.
4. (figuratively) level

Derived terms

• bertangga
• setangga

 

• tangga berjalan
• tangga beroda
• tangga geser
• tangga jenjang
• tangga karier
• tangga lagu
• tangga lipat
• tangga monyet
• tangga nada
• tangga nada mayor
• tangga pandu
• tangga picak
• tangga pilin
• tangga sambung
• tangga sigai
• tangga sokong
• tangga sosial
• tangga spiral
• tangga tali
• tangga teras
• tangga ulir
• tangga universal

 

Further reading

• “tangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /taŋɡə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /taŋɡa/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Noun

tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)

1. stair (series of steps)
2. ladder

Descendants

• Indonesian: tangga

Further reading

• “tangga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/, [ˈtaŋ.ɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun

tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)

   Synonym: tantsing

Derived terms

• tanggahan

Further reading

• “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504