gitna

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Noun

gitnâ

  1. center; middle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. Compare Ilocano tengnga (“middle”), Kapampangan pitna (“halve”), Bikol Central tanga (“between”), Cebuano tunga (“half, middle, center”), Waray-Waray butnga (“middle”), and Malay tengah (“mid, amid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡitˈnaʔ/, [ɡɪtˈnaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: git‧na

Noun

gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ)

  1. center; middle
    Synonym: sentro
  2. (Quezon) downtown area; commercial area
    Synonyms: bayan, sentro

Derived terms
  • git-
  • gitnaan
  • gitnain
  • gitnang-gitna
  • gumitna
  • hinggigitna
  • igitna
  • igitna-gitna
  • ipagitna
  • kalagitnaan
  • magpagitna
  • manggitna
  • mapagitna
  • pagitna
  • pagitnaan
  • pagitnain
  • panggitna
  • pumagitna
  • sa gitna ng

Further reading
  • “gitna” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “gitna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*teŋaq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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