gitna

== Remontado Agta == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq. === Noun === gitnâ center; middle == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === guitna — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq with fossilized *gi- prefix (cf. Cebuano gi-). Compare Ilocano tengnga (“middle”), Kapampangan pitna (“halve”), Central Bikol tanga (“between”), Cebuano tunga (“half, middle, center”), Waray-Waray butnga (“middle”), Tausug tunga' (“half”), and Malay tengah (“mid, amid”). See also Tausug gi'tung (“middle”). See also Ilocano pagitnga. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡitˈnaʔ/ [ɡɪt̪ˈn̪aʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: git‧na === Noun === gitnâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈ) center; middle Synonym: sentro (dialectal, Quezon) downtown area; commercial area Synonyms: bayan, sentro ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gitna”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “gitna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teŋaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === tinag, ingat, antig, ganti, tangi, ating, tinga