antala

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit अन्तर (antara, “duration; gap; interval”)[1]. Compare Malay antara, Indonesian antara.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧la
  • IPA(key): /ʔanˈtala/, [ʔɐnˈta.lɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ʔanˈtalaʔ/, [ʔɐnˈta.lɐʔ] (colloquial)

Noun

antala

  1. delay; procrastination; hindrance
    Synonym: abala
  2. synonym of sumang antala

Derived terms
  • antalahin
  • mang-antala
  • naantala
  • umantala

References
  1. Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 50
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