Agta

See also: agta

English

Noun

Agta (plural Agtas or Agta)

1. Alternative form of Aeta

Anagrams

• gata

Kapampangan

Noun

Ágta

1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsiders, alien people”). Compare Tuwali Ifugao Alta, Kapampangan Eta, Remontado Agta ata, Bikol Central agta, Cebuano agta, Maranao agta' / Aita, and Tausug agta'. Doublet of Ayta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɡˈta/ [ʔɐɡˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ag‧ta

Noun

Agtá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜆ)

1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

See also

• Negrito
• pugot

 

Further reading

• “Agta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRta”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI