tagumpay

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly composed of tag- (“time of”) and humpay (“stop; pause”). Compare Kapampangan tagumpe.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taɡumˈpaj/ [tɐ.ɣʊmˈpaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: ta‧gum‧pay

Noun

tagumpáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔)

1. victory; triumph

   Synonyms: pagwawagi, pananalo, panalo, biktorya, wagi, tangluyan

2. success

   Synonyms: pagtatagumpay, pananagumpay, tangluyan

3. (music, historical) traditional victory song (to commemorate a battle won or to honor victors)

   Synonym: dipabinin

Derived terms

• magtagumpay
• maipagtagumpay
• managumpay
• mapagtagumpay
• mapagtagumpayan
• mapanagumpay
• matagumpay
• pagtagumpayan
• pagtatagumpay
• pananagumpay
• papagtagumpayin
• tagumpayan

 

Further reading

• “tagumpay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 141: “Cantar) Tagumpay (pc) la vitoria”
  • page 599: “Victoria) Tagumpay (pc) que cantan los vençedores”