wika
Old Saxon
Noun
wika f
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जिह्विका (jihvikā), feminine of जिह्वक (jihvaka, “tongue”), derived from जिह्वा (jihvā́, “tongue”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s; undergoing semantic change (change in meaning; tongue > language). Doublet of lengguwahe.
Pronunciation
Noun
wika
- language
- Ang wika ng mga Amerikano ― The language of the Americans
- Ang wikang Tagalog ― The Tagalog language
- Synonym: salita
- utterance
Verb
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Derived terms
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- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon feminine nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with usage examples