Agta

See also: agta

English

Noun

Agta (plural Agtas or Agta)

  1. Alternative form of Aeta

Anagrams

Kapampangan

Noun

Ágta

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsiders, alien people”). Compare Tuwali Ifugao Alta, Kapampangan Eta, Remontado Agta ata, Bikol Central agta, Cebuano agta, Maranao agta' / Aita, and Tausug agta'. Doublet of Ayta.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡˈta/ [ʔɐɡˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Ag‧ta

Noun

Agtá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜆ)

  1. Aeta people (indigenous people of Negrito origin of the mountainous parts of Luzon)

See also

Further reading
  • “Agta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaRta”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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