tanghali

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tanhali — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tengah hari (“noon”). Compare Remontado Agta tanghari.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈhaliʔ/ [t̪ɐŋˈhaː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: tang‧ha‧li

Noun

tanghalì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒ)

1. noon; noontime; midday

Derived terms

• katanghalian
• katanghalian ng buhay
• katanghaliang-gulang
• magtanghalian
• mananghali
• mananghalian
• matanghailanan
• matanghalian
• pananghalian
• tanghalian
• tanghalianan
• tanghalianin
• tanghaliin
• tanghaling-tapat
• tumanghali

 

See also

• n.t.

Adverb

tanghalì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒ) (figurative, colloquial)

1. late in the morning (with the sun already high up in the sky)

Adjective

tanghalì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒ) (figurative, colloquial)

1. late in the morning (with the sun already high up in the sky)
2. (by extension) already late for something (said with na)

   Naku trapik! Tanghali na tayo sa panonoorin natin sa 6PM!

   Oh no a traffic jam! We're already late for our 6 pm movie!

   (literally, “It's noon already for us for our 6PM (movie).”)

   • 1838, Mahalin Ang Ating Wika 5:

     Kinabukasan ay inihanda ng ina ang paninda ni Maring. Nasa ibaba nang lahat ang paninda ngunit hindi pa bumababa si Maring. "Tanghali ka na!" sigaw ng ina. "Ano ba ang ginagawa mo pa?"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tanghali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018