laglag

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *rəgrə́g. Compare Ilocano regreg (“fall”), Central Bikol ragrag (“crumbs”), and Cebuano dagdag (“fall”). Possibly related to Hokkien 落 (lak, “to fall; to drop”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laɡˈlaɡ/ [lɐɡˈlaɡ̚] Rhymes: -aɡ Syllabification: lag‧lag === Noun === laglág (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔) fall (of an object from a height) Synonyms: bagsak, hulog, lagpak, paglagpak, pagkahulog dropping from a height Synonyms: paglalagpak, paghuhulog failure (in an examination) Synonyms: bagsak, pagbagsak, lagpak, pagkahulog, di-pagpasa, (colloquial) kalabasa (euphemistic) abortion; forced miscarriage (figurative, colloquial) betrayal of another to avoid consequences ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === laglág (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔) fallen (as of fruits from a tree) Synonyms: bagsak, bumagsak, lagpak failed (in an examination) Synonyms: bagsak, hulog, lagpak, bumagsak, di-pasado, di-pumasa (euphemistic) aborted; deliberately miscarried === Further reading === “laglag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*regrég”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === galgal