tangga

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/ [ˈtaŋ.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: tang‧ga

tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)

   Synonym: hagyan

From Malay tangga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/

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• Hyphenation: tang‧ga
• Rhymes: -taŋɡa, -aŋɡa, -ɡa, -a

tangga (first-person possessive tanggaku, second-person possessive tanggamu, third-person possessive tangganya)

1. stair (series of steps)
2. ladder
3. a support to get into a car, train, etc.
4. (figuratively) level

• “tangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /taŋɡə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /taŋɡa/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ɡə, -ə

tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)

1. stair (series of steps), ladder

   (figuratively) rank, level

   • 1991 October 3, Kamsiah Sirat, “Orang Jepun sudah gemar dangdut”, in Berita Harian‎^[1], page 5:

     Lagu dangdut itu berada di tangga keempat dalam carta lagu-lagu paling popular di sana.

     The dangdut track is in fourth place on the pop [song] charts there.

2. pedestal or support to get into a car, train, etc.

• Indonesian: tangga

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تڠݢ tangga”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تڠݢ tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 170
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 532

• “tangga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/ [ˈt̪aŋ.ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: tang‧ga

tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)

   Synonym: tantsing

• tanggahan

• “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[2], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504

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