itlo

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: tatlo     Spanish cardinal: tres     Ordinal: ikatlo, ikatatlo, pangatlo     Spanish ordinal: tersero, tersera     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-3, pang-3     Adverbial: makatlo, makaitlo, makatatlo     Multiplier: triple, tatlong ibayo     Distributive: tigtatlo, tatluhan, tatlo-tatlo     Restrictive: tatatlo     Fractional: katlo, sangkatlo, saikatlo
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Etymology

From metathesis from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu. Doublet of tatlo and atlo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔitˈlo/ [ʔɪtˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: it‧lo

Numeral

itló (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

1. three

   Synonyms: tatlo, tres, (obsolete) atlo, (obsolete) mampat

Usage notes

• Fr. San Buenaventura (1613) mentioned an ancient way of counting from one to four, which were: isa, alwa, atlo, and ipat.

Derived terms

• ikaitlo
• makaiitlo
• makaitlo
• mamakaitlo

 

Further reading

• “itlo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 587: “Tres) [Itlo] (pc) T. contando como viejo. | atlo, iſa, alva, atlo, ipat, vno, dos, 3, 4”