alaga

See also: alaga', a-laga, and A-laga

Botolan Sambal

Etymology 1

Noun

alagà

  1. something or someone one takes care of
  2. pet
Derived terms
  • alagaan
  • alagaen
  • ialaga
  • ma
  • magalaga
  • mangalaga

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malay harga.

Noun

alagâ

  1. price; value; worth

Adjective

alagâ

  1. important; precious; valuable

Catalan

Etymology

Pre-Roman.

Pronunciation

Noun

alaga f (plural alagues)

  1. Scots pine
    Synonym: pi roig

Further reading

Estonian

Noun

alaga

  1. comitative singular of ala

Galician

Verb

alaga

  1. inflection of alagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Tagalog alaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔaˈla.ɡɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

Noun

alagà (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜤ)

  1. servant
  2. care; protection

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kottic *alagʌ (star),[1][2] possibly derived from Proto-Yeniseian *qaʌɢʌ (star) with an epenthetic *a- ~ *al- prefix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaɡa/

Noun

alaga (plural alagan)

  1. star

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=576&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 29, 705

Further reading

  • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 196
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 24
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 164

Limos Kalinga

Noun

alaga

  1. flying ant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈla.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈla.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧ga
  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ

Verb

alaga

  1. inflection of alagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay jaga, from Pali jagga, from Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti, watch over), जागृ (jāgṛ, awakening).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlaɡaʔ/ [ʔɐˈlaː.ɣɐʔ]
      • Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈɡaʔ/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈɣaʔ] (well-cared for, adjective)
      • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧ga

Noun

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

  1. care; caution
  2. ward (someone or something being cared for)
  3. pet

Derived terms

  • alagaan
  • alagain
  • alagang-alaga
  • ipaalaga
  • mag-alaga
  • mangalaga
  • paalagaan
  • pag-aalaga
  • pangalagaan
  • pangangalaga
  • tagaalaga
  • tagapag-alaga
  • tagapangalaga

See also

Adjective

alagà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

  1. under the care of someone (of a person, animal, plant, etc.)

Adjective

alagà or alagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜄ)

  1. well-kept; well-cared for; carefully tended

References

  • alaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • alaga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Tokelauan

Noun

alaga

  1. buoyancy

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 11