alog

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧log
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈloɡ/, [ʔɐˈloɡ]

Noun

alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. shake; jerk; jog
    Synonyms: kalog, ag-ag, ig-ig, ug-og, uga, ugoy, yugyog
Derived terms

Adjective

alóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. shaking; loosely fitted or adjusted (of structures)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ (“current, deep channel in the middle of a river”). Compare Ibatan ayoy, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Kapampangan alugan, Calamian Tagbanwa kalug, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Malagasy alo-alo, and Malay alur.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧log
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaloɡ/, [ˈʔa.loɡ]

Noun

alog (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. ford; pool of standing water in a lowland or field
    Synonyms: tubigan, batis
  2. (obsolete) act of wading (across or through a river or ford)
    Synonym: tawid
Derived terms
See also

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