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tangga

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/ [ˈtaŋ.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun

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tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)
    Synonym: hagyan

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay tangga.

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tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)

  1. stair (series of steps)
  2. ladder
  3. a support to get into a car, train, etc.
  4. (figuratively) level

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Malay

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)

  1. stair (series of steps), ladder
    1. (figuratively) rank, level
      • 1991 October 3, Kamsiah Sirat, “Orang Jepun sudah gemar dangdut”, in Berita Harian‎[1], page 5:
        Lagu dangdut itu berada di tangga keempat dalam carta lagu-lagu paling popular di sana.
        The dangdut track is in fourth place on the pop [song] charts there.
  2. pedestal or support to get into a car, train, etc.

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: tangga

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References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تڠݢ tangga”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تڠݢ tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 170
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 532

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

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tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)
    Synonym: tantsing

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Further reading

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  • “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎[2], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504

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