mantala

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay mantera (“invocation; prayer”), from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).[1] Compare tala.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /manˈtala/, [mʌn̪ˈt̪a.l̪ʌ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta‧la

Noun[edit]

mantala

  1. (history) edict; proclamation of a datu

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎[1], Cebu City: University of San Carlos, pages 137-138

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay mantera (“invocation; prayer”), from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mantaˈla/, [mɐn.tɐˈla]

  • IPA(key): /manˈtala/, [mɐnˈta.lɐ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta‧la

Noun[edit]

mantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

  1. (mythology) incantation; conjuration; exorcism
  2. (botany) a species of small tree
Derived terms[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

  • IPA(key): /manˈtalaʔ/, [mɐnˈta.lɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta‧la

Noun[edit]

mantalà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ) (mythology, obsolete)

  1. sacred scripture
  2. amulet; talisman

References[edit]

  • “mantala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 289-290
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