talaga

See also: Talaga

Agutaynen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”).

Adverb

talaga

1. really

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talaˈɡa/ [ta.l̪aˈɡa]
• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

1. really; truly

   Synonyms: nanggad, baya

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog talaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talaˈɡa/ [tʌ.lʌˈɡa]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /taraˈɡa/ [tʌ.rʌˈɡa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá

1. surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly
   • 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos‎^[1], Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Exodus 7:14:

     Idi makdeng di, kanan Diyos en Moses, “Talaga ay natangken din nemnem di ari et doy ay adi nan palobosan din Israelita.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of talaga

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Sabangan	talaga, (elderly) talaga / taraga
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	talaga, (elderly) talaga / taraga, (Pidlisan) talakha / talakha / tarakha / talakha

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit तलक (talaka) or तडाग (taḍāga).

Noun

talaga

1. a well
2. lake
3. tank
4. pool, pond

Derived terms

• analaga
• atalaga
• tinalaga

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телега (telega).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /talʲaɡa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /talʲaɡa/

Noun

talaga f

1. alternative form of telega

Further reading

• Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego/telega on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Sundanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तडाग (taḍāga). Cognate to Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga).

Noun

talaga (Sundanese script ᮒᮜᮌ)

1. lake

   Synonym: situ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”). Compare Kapampangan tagana and Central Bikol talaga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /talaˈɡa/ [t̪ɐ.lɐˈɣ̠a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Adverb

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

1. surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly

   Synonyms: sigurado, tiyak, walang-duda, walang-alinlangan

2. purposely; intentionally

   Synonyms: sadya, sinadya

Alternative forms

• tlaga, tlga, tlg — text messaging
• tal'ga — contraction

Interjection

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

1. indeed!; certainly

Noun

talagá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

1. will; disposition (as of God)

   Synonyms: loob, kalooban

2. act of inducting or installing (of officers, officials, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagpapanumpa, pagpapaluklok

3. act of assigning an employee (to a certain place)

   Synonyms: destino, pagdedestino, asignasyon

4. act of setting aside of something (for a certain purpose)

   Synonyms: laan, paglalaan, taan, pagtataan

Derived terms

• italaga
• katalagahan
• magtalaga
• matalaga
• nakatalaga
• pagtatalaga
• tumalaga

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”). Compare Javanese ꦠ꧀ꦭꦒ (tlaga, “lake”), Kapampangan talaga, Sundanese talaga (“lake”), and Ternate talaga (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈlaɡaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlaː.ɣ̠ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧ga

Noun

talagà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜄ)

1. well (of water)

   Synonym: balon

See also

• balong
• tangke

Further reading

• “talaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887), El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[2] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 53

Anagrams

• Tagala

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay telaga, from Sanskrit तलक (talaka, “pond”), तडाग (taḍāga, “pond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta.ˈla.ɡa]

Noun

talaga

1. a lake

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh