paligsa
Tagalog
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[edit]Etymology
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From earlier paliksa, borrowed from Malay periksa, from Sanskrit परीक्षा (parīkṣā, “inspection, investigation, examination, test”). Later reanalyzed to be pa- + ligsa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paliɡˈsa/ [pɐ.lɪɡ̠ˈsa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: pa‧lig‧sa
Noun
[edit]paligsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜐ)
- test; exercise
- Synonyms: pagsusulit, eksamen, pagsubok, pagsasanay
- act of testing, examining, or competing
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “paligsa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “paligsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 293
Anagrams
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- Tagalog terms derived from the Sanskrit root ईक्ष्
- Tagalog terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- Tagalog terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ekʷ-
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tagalog terms derived from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₃ókʷs
- Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit
- Tagalog terms derived from Old Malay
- Tagalog terms prefixed with pa-
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
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