antala

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “duration; gap; interval”).[1] Compare Malay antara, Indonesian antara.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔanˈtala/ [ʔɐn̪ˈt̪aː.lɐ], (nonstandard) /ʔanˈtalaʔ/ [ʔɐn̪ˈt̪aː.lɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ala, (nonstandard) -alaʔ
  • Syllabification: an‧ta‧la

Noun

antala or antalà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

  1. delay; procrastination; hindrance
    Synonym: abala
  2. ellipsis of sumang antala

Derived terms

  • antalahin
  • mang-antala
  • naantala
  • umantala

See also

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

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

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