galagala

Reduplication of gala.

• Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ga‧la

galagala

1. a money dance

Borrowed from Malay gala-gala (“tar oil”), plural of gala (“resin”), ultimately from Sanskrit गल (gala, “resin”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡalaɡaˈla/ [ɡɐ.lɐ.ɣɐˈla], /ɡalaˈɡala/ [ɡɐ.lɐˈɣa.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ala
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧ga‧la

galagalá or galagala (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜄᜎ)

1. pitch; tar plaster; calker; caulker
2. almaciga (Agathis dammara, syn. Agathis philippensis)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dayungon, dadyangan

• alkitran

• “galagala” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• Agathis+philippensis at The Plant List