See also: salitang ugat

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

salitáng-ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. (linguistic morphology) root; root word