mag-ama

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-amax. By surface analysis, mag- +‎ ama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɡʔaˈma/ [mɐɡ.ʔɐˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mag-a‧ma

Noun

mag-amá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜀᜋ)

1. father and child

   Synonym: magtatay

Coordinate terms

• mag-ina
• maglola
• maglolo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mamaga, maamag