tanggal

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Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧gal
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/ [taŋˈɡal̪]

Adjective

tanggál

1. detached, disconnected

   Synonyms: haklas, utas

2. (by extension) removed

   Synonym: hali

Derived terms

• magtanggal
• makatanggal
• matanggal
• tanggalon

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧gal
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/ [t̪ɐŋˈɡal̪]

Verb

tanggal

1. to remove

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanggal (“to fall off”), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”).

• For the sense of date (day and month), a semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal, “date, beginning of the lunar month”), from Old Javanese taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”), probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal (“unfastened, detached”), refers to the new moon which moon is detached from the night sky.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡal/ [ˈt̪aŋ.ɡal]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡal
• Syllabification: tang‧gal

Verb

tanggal

1. to fall out

   Synonyms: lepas, luruh

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penanggal [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penanggalan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menanggalkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menanggali [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditanggalkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditanggali [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertanggal [agentless action] (teR-)

Noun

tanggal (plural tanggal-tanggal, first-person possessive tanggalku, second-person possessive tanggalmu, third-person possessive tanggalnya)

new moon: moon is detached (tanggal) from the night sky

1. date (day and month)

   Synonyms: datum, hari bulan, penanggalan, tarikh (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bertanggal
• menanggali
• penanggalan
• tanggalan
• tertanggal

 

• tanggal akhir kontrak
• tanggal akhir perjanjian
• tanggal akhir program
• tanggal berita
• tanggal efektif
• tanggal jatuh tempo
• tanggal mati
• tanggal merah
• tanggal muda
• tanggal pembukuan
• tanggal surut
• tanggal terbit
• tanggal tua

 

Further reading

• “tanggal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

tanggal

1. Romanization of ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡal/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡal

Verb

tanggal (Jawi spelling تڠݢل)

1. to fall off
2. to take off
3. to detach

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penanggal [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penanggalan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tanggalkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• tanggali [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• menanggalkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menanggali [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditanggalkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditanggali [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertanggal [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tanggal

Further reading

• “tanggal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal. Compare Cebuano tanggal and Malay tanggal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈɡal/ [t̪ɐŋˈɡal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tang‧gal

Adjective

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

1. removed; disconnected

   Synonym: inalis

2. detached; unfastened

   Synonyms: bakbak, tuklap, nabakbak, binakbak, natuklap, tinuklap

3. fired; dismissed (from a job, office, etc.)

   Synonyms: sesante, sibak, sinibak, itinanggal, itiniwalag, sipa, (slang) tsugi

Derived terms

• de-tanggal
• ipatanggal
• magkatanggal
• magpatanggal
• magtanggal
• magtanggal-tanggal
• magtatanggal
• manananggal
• matanggal
• pagtanggal
• pagtanggal-tanggalin
• pagtatanggal
• pantanggal
• tanggalin
• tumanggal

 

Noun

tanggál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

1. act of removing or disconnecting

   Synonym: pag-alis

2. act of detaching

   Synonyms: bakbak, pagbakbak, tuklap, pagtuklap, puknat, pagpuknat

3. act of dismissing (someone from a job, office, etc.)

   Synonyms: sesante, pagsesante, pagtitiwalag

Anagrams

• gatlang

Toba Batak

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal.

Adjective

tanggal

1. detached
2. unraveled