tangga

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/ [ˈtaŋ.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: tang‧ga

Noun

tángga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. step (of a staircase); rung (of a ladder)

   Synonym: hagyan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tangga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/

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• Hyphenation: tang‧ga
• Rhymes: -taŋɡa, -aŋɡa, -ɡa, -a

Noun

tangga (plural tangga-tangga)

1. stair (series of steps)
2. ladder
3. a support to get into a car, train, etc.
4. (figuratively) level

Derived terms

• bertangga
• setangga

 

• tangga berjalan
• tangga beroda
• tangga geser
• tangga jenjang
• tangga karier
• tangga lagu
• tangga lipat
• tangga monyet
• tangga nada
• tangga nada mayor
• tangga pandu
• tangga picak
• tangga pilin
• tangga sambung
• tangga sigai
• tangga sokong
• tangga sosial
• tangga spiral
• tangga tali
• tangga teras
• tangga ulir
• tangga universal

 

Further reading

• “tangga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /taŋɡə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /taŋɡa/
• Rhymes: -aŋɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Noun

tangga (Jawi spelling تڠݢ, plural tangga-tangga, informal 1st possessive tanggaku, 2nd possessive tanggamu, 3rd possessive tangganya)

1. stair (series of steps), ladder

   (figuratively) rank, level

   • 1991 October 3, Kamsiah Sirat, “Orang Jepun sudah gemar dangdut”, in Berita Harian‎^[1], page 5:

     Lagu dangdut itu berada di tangga keempat dalam carta lagu-lagu paling popular di sana.

     The dangdut track is in fourth place on the pop [song] charts there.

2. pedestal or support to get into a car, train, etc.

Derived terms

• bertangga
• setangga
• tetangga

 

• anak tangga
• rumah tangga
• tangga beroda
• tangga gerak
• tangga geser
• tangga jenjang
• tangga kerjaya
• tangga lagu
• tangga lipat
• tangga monyet
• tangga nada
• tangga pandu
• tangga picak
• tangga pilin
• tangga sambung
• tangga sigai
• tangga sokong
• tangga sosial
• tangga tali
• tangga teras
• tangga ulir

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: tangga

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تڠݢ tangga”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تڠݢ tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 170
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tangga”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 532

Further reading

• “tangga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga (“hob, a boys game”), from Old Spanish tanga, first-person singular present subjunctive of tañer (“to touch”), from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/ [ˈt̪aŋ.ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: tang‧ga

Noun

tangga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)

   Synonym: tantsing

Derived terms

• tanggahan

Further reading

• “tangga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[2], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504

Anagrams

• gatang