malatubig
Tagalog
Etymology
From mala- + tubig (“water”). The tree was named because the color of the tree was said to be similar to water.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /malaˈtubiɡ/ [mɐ.lɐˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚] (adjective)
- Rhymes: -ubiɡ
- IPA(key): /malaˈtubiɡ/ [mɐ.lɐˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚], /malatuˈbiɡ/ [mɐ.lɐ.t̪ʊˈbɪɡ̚] (noun)
- Rhymes: -ubiɡ, -iɡ
- IPA(key): /malaˈtubiɡ/ [mɐ.lɐˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚] (adjective)
- Syllabification: ma‧la‧tu‧big
Adjective
malatubig (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)
Noun
malatubíg or malatubig (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)
See also
Further reading
- “malatubig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.