oktaba

Tagalog

**Tagalog numbers ^(edit)**
	8
Cardinal: walo Spanish cardinal: otso Ordinal: ikawalo, pangwalo Spanish ordinal: oktabo, oktaba Ordinal abbreviation: ika-8, pang-8 Adverbial: makawalo Multiplier: walong ibayo Distributive: tigwalo, waluhan, walo-walo Restrictive: wawalo Fractional: kawalo, sangkawalo, ikawalo, saikawalo
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Alternative forms

utaba — postponement

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish octava, from Latin octāvus (“eighth”). As for the sense of "postponement", according to Panganiban (1973), at least two old folk informers affirm that during their younger years, a postponement in utaba meant "the same day next week" which would be the eighth day.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔokˈtaba/ [ʔokˈt̪aː.bɐ]
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: ok‧ta‧ba

Noun

oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)

(music) octave
(poetry) octave
postponement to a later date (especially of a celebration or festival)
Synonym: pagpapaliban

Derived terms

ioktaba

Adjective

oktaba (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ)

(uncommon) eighth
Synonyms: ikawalo, oktabo

References

“oktaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 738

Anagrams

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