magwala

Tagalog

Etymology

From mag- +‎ wala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɡwaˈlaʔ/ [mɐɡ.wɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: mag‧wa‧la

Verb

magwalâ (complete nagwala, progressive nagwawala, contemplative magwawala, 2nd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ)

1. to escape bondage or imprisonment
2. to act out (to express one's feelings through disruptive actions)
3. to go ballistic (to become extremely angry or irrational, to fly in a rage)

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for magwala

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mag- ᜋᜄ᜔		wala ᜏᜎ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
magwala ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ	nagwala ᜈᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ	nagwawala ᜈᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ nagawala1 ᜈᜄᜏᜎ	magwawala ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ magawala1 ᜋᜄᜏᜎ gawala1 ᜄᜏᜎ	formal	kawawala ᜃᜏᜏᜎ kapagwawala ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜏᜎ	magwala1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ
				informal	kakawala ᜃᜃᜏᜎ kakapagwala ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ kapapagwala ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ
1 Dialectal use only.

Related terms

• iwala
• mawala
• walain

 

Further reading

• “magwala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• magalaw