paligsa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- palicsa – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- paliksa
Etymology
From Malay periksa, from Sanskrit परीक्षा (parīkṣā, “inspection, investigation, examination, test”), from परि- (pari-) ("prefix meaning “around”) + ईक्ष (īkṣa, “to see”). Later evolved to be pa- + ligsa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧lig‧sá
- IPA(key): /paliɡˈsa/, [pɐ.lɪɡˈsa]
Noun
paligsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜐ)
- test; exercise
- Synonyms: pagsusulit, eksamen, pagsubok, pagsasanay
- act of testing, examining, or competing
Derived terms
Further reading
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 293
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