mapaglapilapi

Tagalog

Etymology

From mapag- +‎ reduplication of lapi.

Adjective

mapaglapilapi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜉᜒᜎᜉᜒ)

  1. (linguistics) agglutinative
    • 1923, Jose N. Sevilla, Paul R. Verzosa, Ag̃ aklat ng̃ Tagalog: kaunaunahag̃ aklat na dalawáng wiká na sumusuysóy sa Pilolohia at Panitikag̃ Tagalog, page 43:
      Ang ating wika ay mapaglapilapi; lagi tayong gumagamit ng mga panlaping panguna, paningit at panghuli.
      Our language is agglutinative; we quite extensively make use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes.
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