alaga

See also: alaga', a-laga, and A-laga

Botolan Sambal

Etymology 1

Noun

alagà

1. something or someone one takes care of
2. pet

Derived terms

• alagaan
• alagaen
• ialaga
• ma
• magalaga
• mangalaga

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malay harga.

Noun

alagâ

1. price; value; worth

Adjective

alagâ

1. important; precious; valuable

Catalan

Etymology

Pre-Roman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈla.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈla.ɣa]

Noun

alaga f (plural alagues)

1. Scots pine

   Synonym: pi roig

Further reading

• “alaga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Estonian

Noun

alaga

1. comitative singular of ala

Galician

Verb

alaga

1. inflection of alagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

• alaga'

Etymology

Compare Tagalog alaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔaˈla.ɡɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

Noun

alagà (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜤ)

1. servant
2. care; protection

Derived terms

• alagaan
• anak alaga
• mag-alaga

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kottic *alagʌ (“star”), possibly derived from Proto-Yeniseian *qaʌɢʌ (“star”) with an epenthetic *a- ~ *al- prefix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaɡa/

Noun

alaga (plural alagan)

1. star

Further reading

• Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 196
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 24
• Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 164

Limos Kalinga

Noun

alaga

1. flying ant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈla.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈla.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧la‧ga
• Rhymes: -aɡɐ

Verb

alaga

1. inflection of alagar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti, “watch over”), जागृ (jāgṛ, “awakening”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔɐˈlaː.ɣɐʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈɡaʔ/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ] (“well-cared for”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

Noun

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. care; caution
2. ward (someone or something being cared for)
3. pet

Derived terms

• alagaan
• alagain
• alagang-alaga
• ipaalaga
• mag-alaga
• mangalaga
• paalagaan
• pag-aalaga
• pangalagaan
• pangangalaga
• tagaalaga
• tagapag-alaga
• tagapangalaga

See also

• alila
• ampon
• ingat
• kalinga

Adjective

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. under the care of someone (of a person, animal, plant, etc.)

Adjective

alagà or alagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

1. well-kept; well-cared for; carefully tended

References

• “alaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “alaga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Tokelauan

Noun

alaga

1. buoyancy

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 11