manggagawa
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom mang- + gawa with initial reduplication.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: mang‧ga‧ga‧wa
Noun
editmanggagawà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜏ)
- worker; laborer
- Synonyms: trabahador, obrero, operaryo
- (Christianity) ministerial worker
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “manggagawa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “manggagawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 450: “Oficial) Mangagava (pc) de qualquier oficio, ſale de gava, mangagava nang copia, oficial de ſombreros, mangagava nang calis, de eſpadas, mangagava nang boliyos, de randas.”