tantiya
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- tansiya
- tantya — superseded
- tantsa — nonstandard
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish tantear.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tantiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)
- estimate; calculation
- 1997, Mariano Ponce, Maria Luisa T. Camagay, Wystan Dela Peña, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, University of the Philippines System. Office of Research Coordination, Mariano Ponce cartas sobre la revolucion, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino Sistemang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (→ISBN)
- Sa aking tantiya dumating sa iyo ang aking sulat noong ika-5 o ika-6 ng Setyembre. Noong ika-4 ng Agosto pa ako sumulat at kung pinalipas mo ang labinlimang araw bago sagutin ito, nakatanggap na dapat ako ng iyong sagot.
- In my estimate, my letter arrived on you at the September 5 or 6. I wrote it on August 4, and if you let fifteen days pass before responding to this, I should have received your answer.
- 1997, Mariano Ponce, Maria Luisa T. Camagay, Wystan Dela Peña, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, University of the Philippines System. Office of Research Coordination, Mariano Ponce cartas sobre la revolucion, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino Sistemang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (→ISBN)
- act of estimating or calculating
- Synonyms: pagtaya, pagkalkula
- solution or result found through trial and error
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tantiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018