gitna

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Noun

gitnâ

1. center; middle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guitna — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Compare Ilocano tengnga (“middle”), Kapampangan pitna (“halve”), Bikol Central tanga (“between”), Cebuano tunga (“half, middle, center”), Waray-Waray butnga (“middle”), and Malay tengah (“mid, amid”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡitˈnaʔ/ [ɡɪtˈnaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: git‧na

Noun

gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ)

1. center; middle

   Synonym: sentro

2. (Quezon) downtown area; commercial area

   Synonyms: bayan, sentro

Derived terms

• git-
• gitlapi
• gitnaan
• gitnain
• Gitnang Asya
• Gitnang Luzon
• Gitnang Panahon
• gitnang pangalan
• Gitnang Silangan
• gitnang-gitna
• gumitna
• hinggigitna
• igitna
• igitna-gitna
• ipagitna
• kalagitnaan
• magpagitna
• manggitna
• mapagitna
• pagitna
• pagitnaan
• pagitnain
• panggitna
• pumagitna
• sa gitna ng

 

Further reading

• “gitna” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “gitna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teŋaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI