mag-ina

See also: magina

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

From mag- +‎ ina (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
• IPA^(key): /maɡʔiˈnaʔ/ [maɡ.ʔiˈn̪aʔ]

Noun

mag-inâ

1. mother and child

   Coordinate term: mag-ama

Etymology 2

From mag- +‎ ina (“subtract, decrease”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mag‧i‧na
• IPA^(key): /maɡˈʔinaʔ/ [maɡˈʔi.n̪aʔ]

Verb

mag-inà

1. to subtract; to decrease
2. to lessen

See also

• inaan

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-ina. By surface analysis, mag- +‎ ina (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɡʔiˈna/ [mɐɡ.ʔɪˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mag-i‧na

Noun

mag-iná (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜈ)

1. mother and child

   Synonym: magnanay

   Coordinate term: mag-ama

Further reading

• “mag-ina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ina”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• manaig, Manaig