Tagalog

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Tagalog numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  100,000  ←  10,000,000 (107) 100,000,000 (108) 1,000,000,000 (109)  → 
    Cardinal: sandaang angaw, sambahala
    Spanish cardinal: siyento milyones
    Ordinal: ikasandaang angaw, pansandaang angaw, ikabahala, pangbahala, ikasambahala
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-100000000, pang-100000000
    Collective: bahala

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit भार (bhāra, burden; load; weight).[1] Compare Kapampangan bala, Cebuano bála / baláha (to carry something on the back, not tied),[2] Indonesian bahar, Malay bahara (weight),[3][4] and Javanese ꦧꦫ (bara, hundred million). Otherwise, it may also possibly be from Bathala, which was from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, revered, worshipful).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ)

  1. responsibility
    Synonym: responsabilidad
  2. person responsible
    Synonyms: tagapangasiwa, katiwala, patnugot, tagapangalaga, tagapamahala
  3. management; custody; charge
    Synonyms: pangangasiwa, pamamatnubay, pamamatnugot
  4. apprehension; presentiment

Derived terms

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Adjective

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bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ)

  1. answerable; accountable; responsible

Numeral

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bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. hundred million
    Synonyms: sandaang milyon, sampung kati

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 276
  2. ^ John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
  3. ^ bahara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  4. ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language[2], Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 118

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Most likely ultimately deriving from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bahala

  1. disaster

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh