isa-isa

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers (edit)
10[a], [b], [c]
1 2  → [a], [b], [c] 10  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: isa
    Spanish cardinal: uno
    Ordinal: una, pang-una, ikaisa
    Spanish ordinal: primero, primera
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-1, pang-1
    Adverbial: minsan
    Multiplier: isang ibayo
    Distributive: tig-isa, isahan, isa-isa
    Restrictive: iisa
    Fractional: buo

Etymology

    Reduplication of isa.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiˌsa ʔiˈsa/ [ʔɪˌsa ʔɪˈsa]
      • Rhymes: -a
    • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˌʔisa ˈʔisa/ [ˌʔiː.sɐ ˈʔiː.sɐ]
      • Rhymes: -isa
    • Syllabification: i‧sa-i‧sa

    Adverb

    isá-isá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜁᜐ)

    1. one by one

    See also

    Further reading