maalam
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hiligaynon ==
=== Etymology ===
From ma- + alam.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ma‧a‧lam
IPA(key): /maˈʔalam/ [maˈʔa.lam]
=== Adjective ===
maálam
learned, clever, wise
scholarly, erudite
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
From ma- + alam.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈʔalam/ [mɐˈʔaː.lɐm], /maʔaˈlam/ [mɐ.ʔɐˈlam]
Rhymes: -alam, -am
Syllabification: ma‧a‧lam
=== Adjective ===
maalam or maalám (plural maaalam, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜎᜋ᜔)
learned; wise; erudite; knowledgeable
(obsolete) kindhearted; goodwilled; well-conditioned
Synonym: mabait
==== See also ====
matalino
=== Further reading ===
“maalam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.