tantiya

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Tagalog[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tantear.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tantiˈa/, [tɐnˈt͡ʃa]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧ti‧ya

Noun[edit]

tantiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

  1. estimate; calculation
    Synonyms: taya, kalkula, bintay
    • 1997, Mariano Ponce, Maria Luisa T. Camagay, Wystan Dela Peña, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, University of the Philippines System. Office of Research Coordination, Mariano Ponce cartas sobre la revolucion, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino Sistemang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (→ISBN)
      Sa aking tantiya dumating sa iyo ang aking sulat noong ika-5 o ika-6 ng Setyembre. Noong ika-4 ng Agosto pa ako sumulat at kung pinalipas mo ang labinlimang araw bago sagutin ito, nakatanggap na dapat ako ng iyong sagot.
      In my estimate, my letter arrived on you at the September 5 or 6. I wrote it on August 4, and if you let fifteen days pass before responding to this, I should have received your answer.
  2. act of estimating or calculating
    Synonyms: pagtaya, pagkalkula
  3. solution or result found through trial and error

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Further reading[edit]

  • “tantiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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