Agta

See also: agta

English

Noun

Agta (plural Agtas or Agta)

  1. Alternative form of Aeta.

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Kapampangan

Noun

Ágta

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsiders, alien people”). Compare Tuwali Ifugao Alta, Kapampangan Eta, Remontado Agta ata, Bikol Central agta, Cebuano agta, Maranao agta' / Aita, and Tausug agta'. Doublet of Ayta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡˈta/ [ʔɐɡˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Ag‧ta

Noun

Agtá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜆ)

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

See also

Further reading

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

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