maging

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• maguing, maguin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• magin — rare

Etymology

From magi +‎ -ng, possibly from ma- +‎ obsolete root *gi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈɡiŋ/ [mɐˈɣiŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
• (Quezon, alternative) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡiŋ/ [ˈmaː.ɣɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡiŋ
• Syllabification: ma‧ging

Verb

magíng (complete naging, progressive nagiging, contemplative magiging, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜅ᜔)

1. to become

   Naging asul ang langit.

   The sky became blue.

   Magiging maganda siya.

   He will become beautiful.

2. to be

   Mahirap maging bulag.

   It's hard to be blind.

Usage notes

• Enclitics follow the word or phrase (e.g. names, dates, addresses, times of day) after maging and its inflected form.

Related terms

• ma-
• pagiging

 

Further reading

• “maging”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1995) “Tagalog Monosyllabic Roots”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[1], volume 34, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 345–374