Ayta

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Ita === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsiders, alien people”) via the Southern Luzon axis, possibly via Kapampangan. Compare Tuwali Ifugao Alta, Kapampangan Eta, Remontado Agta ata, Central Bikol agta, Cebuano agta, Maranao agta' / Aita, and Tausug agta'. Doublet of Agta. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔajˈta/ [ʔaɪ̯ˈt̪a] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: Ay‧ta === Noun === Aytá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔ᜆ) Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Ayta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRta”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === yata, taya, atay