See also: salitang ugat

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From salita +‎ -ng- +‎ ugat. Calque of English root word.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saliˌtaŋ ʔuˈɡat/ [sɐ.lɪˌt̪aŋ ʔʊˈɣat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: sa‧li‧tang-u‧gat

Noun

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salitáng-ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. (linguistic morphology) root; root word