tunggali

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan tunggali (duel; one against one), from tunggal (single). See also Ilocano tunggal (each; every), Maguindanao tunggal (only child), Tausug tunggal (only; solely), and Malay tunggal (single).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuŋˈɡaliʔ/ [tʊŋˈɡa.lɪʔ], /tuŋɡaˈliʔ/ [tʊŋ.ɡɐˈliʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aliʔ, -iʔ
  • Syllabification: tung‧ga‧li

Noun

tunggalì or tunggalî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜒ)

  1. condition of being in conflict, discord, or disagreement with each other (usually of two parties)
    Synonyms: hidwaan, babag, away
  2. rivalry
  3. (obsolete) one on one (such as in dance or in a game)

Derived terms

  • katunggali
  • katunggaliin
  • magkatunggali
  • magtunggali
  • magtunggalian
  • makatunggali
  • makipagtunggali
  • makipagtunggalian
  • tunggalian
  • tunggaliin

See also

Further reading

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