Agta

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

Agta (plural Agtas or Agta)

  1. Alternative form of Aeta

Anagrams[edit]

Kapampangan[edit]

Noun[edit]

Ágta

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (outsiders, alien people). Compare Tuwali Ifugao Alta, Kapampangan Eta, Remontado Agta ata, Bikol Central agta, Cebuano agta, Maranao agta' / Aita, and Tausug agta'. Doublet of Ayta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Agtá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜆ)

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Agta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaRta”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary