mapaglapi-lapi

See also: mapaglapilapi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mapag- +‎ reduplication of lapi.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mapaɡˌlapiʔ ˈlapiʔ/ [mɐ.pɐɡˌlaː.pɪʔ ˈlaː.pɪʔ]
    • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /mapaɡˌlapi(ʔ) ˈlapiʔ/ [mɐ.pɐɡˌlaː.piː ˈlaː.pɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -apiʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧pag‧la‧pi-la‧pi

Adjective

mapaglapì-lapì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜉᜒᜎᜉᜒ) (grammar)

  1. agglutinative (having words derived by combining parts)
    Synonym: aglutinatibo
    • 1923, Jose N. Sevilla, Paul R. Verzosa, Ag̃ aklat ng̃ Tagalog: kaunaunahag̃ aklat na dalawáng wiká na sumusuysóy sa Pilolohia at Panitikag̃ Tagalog, page 43:
      Ang ating wika ay mapaglapilapi; lagi tayong gumagamit ng mga panlaping panguna, paningit at panghuli.
      Our language is agglutinative; we quite extensively make use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.