ikalawa

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

	20[a], [b]
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Cardinal: dalawa     Spanish cardinal: dos     Ordinal: ikalawa, pangalawa     Spanish ordinal: segundo, segunda     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-2, pang-2     Adverbial: makalawa, makadalawa     Multiplier: doble, dalawang ibayo     Distributive: tigdalawa, dalawahan, dala-dalawa     Restrictive: dadalawa     Fractional: kalahati
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Alternative forms

• icalaua, icaloua, icalua, ycalaua, ycaloua, ycaluua, ycalua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• icadalaua, icadalua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ika-2 — abbreviation
• ikadalawa, ikadalwa
• ikaralawa — obsolete
• ikaluwa — obsolete
• ikalwa

Etymology

From epenthesis of earlier ikalwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-duha, from Proto-Austronesian *Sika-duSa. Equivalent to ika- +‎ luwa (“two”, older variant of dalawa). Compare Cebuano ikaduha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔikalaˈwa/ [ʔɪ.xɐ.lɐˈwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: i‧ka‧la‧wa

Adjective

ikalawá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜎᜏ)

1. second

   Synonyms: pangalawa, (obsolete) ikaalwa

Derived terms

• Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig
• ikalawang panauhan

Noun

ikalawá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜎᜏ)

1. second place
2. second placer
3. second (of the month)

   Synonym: a-dos

4. (formal) two o'clock

   Synonym: alas-dos

Further reading

• “ikalawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 548