pangngalang pambalana
Tagalog
Etymology
From pangngalan + -ng + pambalana, literally “general noun”.
Coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá (Grammar of the National Language), published in 1939.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paŋˌŋalaŋ pamˈbalana/ [pɐŋˌŋaː.lɐm pɐmˌbaː.lɐˈn̪a]
- Rhymes: -alana
- Syllabification: pang‧nga‧lang pam‧ba‧la‧na
Noun
pangngalang pambálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜅᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ) (grammar)
- common noun
- Hypernym: pangngalan
- Coordinate term: pangngalang pantangi
Further reading
- “pangngalang pambalana”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “pangngalang pambalana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018