taga-

See also: taga, tága, tägä, tåga, and ta̱ga'

Cebuano

Prefix

taga-

1. filled to a specified extent or height

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tiga-

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *taga-. Compare Pangasinan taga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈɡa/ [t̪ɐˈɣa]
• Syllabification: ta‧ga-

Prefix

tagá- (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ)

1. prefix used to denote place or origin, birth, or residence of a person

   ‎taga- + ‎bundok (“mountain”) → ‎tagabundok (“person from the mountains”)

   ‎taga- + ‎Maynila (“Manila”) → ‎taga-Maynila (“person from Manila”)

2. prefix used to denote the occupation or duty assigned to someone

   ‎taga- + ‎luto (“to cook”) → ‎tagaluto (“cook; chef”)

   ‎taga- + ‎payo (“to advise”) → ‎tagapayo (“adviser”)

   ‎taga- + ‎linis (“to clean”) → ‎tagalinis (“cleaner”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with taga-

tagaangkat

tagababa

tagabantay

tagabasa

tagabukid

tagarito

tagariyan

tagaroon

tagagamit

tagahanga

tagahugas

tagaigib

Tagalog

tagalinang

tagalinis

tagaluto

tagamasid

tagapakinig

tagapamagitan

tagapamahala

tagapangasiwa

tagapangulo

tagapayo

taga-Quezon

taga-Silangan

tagasuporta

tagatuos

See also

• tubo

Anagrams

• atag, Agta, gata

Veps

Etymology

See taga.

Prefix

taga-

1. after-, post-
2. rear, back, hind

Antonyms

• ezi-

Derived terms

Category Veps terms prefixed with taga- not found

• tagaine
• tagapäi
• tagaze

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “задний, обратный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika