tagtag

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taɡˈtaɡ/ [tɐɡˈtaɡ]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: tag‧tag

Etymology 1

Adjective

tagtág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ᜔ᜆᜄ᜔) (chiefly Batangas)

1. loosened; unfastened

   Synonyms: bakbak, tanggal, tuklap, tiklap, pugnat, paknot, pigtas, laslas, pitas, pitaw

2. dismissed; fired (from employment)

   Synonyms: sesante, tiwalag, tanggal, sibak, sinibak, sipa

Derived terms

• matagtag
• matagtag
• tagtagin

 

Noun

tagtág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ᜔ᜆᜄ᜔) (chiefly Batangas)

1. unfastening; detaching

   Synonyms: tanggal, pagtanggal, alis, pag-aalis, bakbak, pagbakbak, pagbabakbak, pigtas, pagpigtas, tuklap, pagtuklap

2. dismissal; removal (from employment)

   Synonyms: sesante, pagsesante, pagkasesante, tiwalag, pagtitiwalag, pagkatiwalag, pagtanggal, pagsibak, pagsipa

3. dismanting; taking apart

   Synonyms: kalas, pagkalas, tanggal, pagtanggal, pagtatanggal

Etymology 2

Noun

tagtág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ᜔ᜆᜄ᜔)

1. shaking (as of passengers of a vehicle on a bumpy road)

   Synonyms: alog, pagkaalog, tigtig, pagkatigtig

See also

• pagpag