samantala

Borrowed from Malay sementara, from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara, “parallel; interval of a year”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /samanˈtala/ [sɐ.mɐnˈta.lɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ala
  • IPA^(key): /samanˈtalaʔ/ [sɐ.mɐnˈta.lɐʔ] (colloquial)
• Syllabification: sa‧man‧ta‧la

samantala (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

1. while; whereas; on the contrary

samantala (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

1. meanwhile; in the meantime

   Synonyms: habang, miyentras

Possibly from sa- + mantala, or also of Malay origin.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /samantaˈla/ [sɐ.mɐn.tɐˈla]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /samanˈtala/ [sɐ.mɐnˈta.lɐ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: sa‧man‧ta‧la

samantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

1. act of taking advantage (as of an oppportunity)

• “samantala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier