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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog hanggan (limit, end).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haŋˈɡan/ [haŋˈɡan̪]
  • IPA(key): /ʔaŋˈɡan/ [ʔaŋˈɡan̪] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: hang‧gan

Conjunction

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hanggán (Basahan spelling ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. until
    Synonym: sagkod

Preposition

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hanggán (Basahan spelling ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. until
    Synonyms: sagkod, hasta

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋga (until, as far as). Compare hangga, Kapampangan angga, and Hanunoo hanggan. Possibly containing a fossilized suffix *-an, or back-formation, from hangganan, via hangga +‎ -nan.

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Noun

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hanggán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. limit; boundary
    Synonyms: hangga, takda
  2. end
    Synonyms: wakas, katapusan, hangga

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • hanggan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*haŋga”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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