pangngalang pambalana

Tagalog

Etymology

From pangngalan +‎ -ng +‎ pambalana, literally “general noun”. Coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (Grammar of the National Language).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paŋˌŋalaŋ pamˈbalana/ [pɐŋˌŋaː.lɐm pɐmˌbaː.lɐˈna]
• Rhymes: -alana
• Syllabification: pang‧nga‧lang pam‧ba‧la‧na

Noun

pangngalang pambálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜅᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ) (grammar)

1. common noun

   Antonym: pangngalang pantangi

   Hypernym: pangngalan

Further reading

• “pangngalang pambalana” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “pangngalang pambalana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018