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tanga

Pronunciation: /taˈŋa/

“tanga” is a Tagalog word. Its 12 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted
  2. uneducated

noun

  1. idiot; stupid person; fool
  2. act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)
  3. act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)
  4. clothes moth
  5. potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
  6. bookworm
  7. ancient prohibition with penalty clause
  8. act of making and fulfilling a promise
  9. payment agreement
  10. act of extending the neck to see something

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”). * From Proto-Philippine *taŋah (“stupid, silly, ignorant”). Compare Ilocano tanga, Aklanon tanga, Cebuano tanga, Maranao tanga', and Tausug tanga'.

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