"dalawa" meaning in Tagalog

See dalawa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: /dalaˈwa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [d̪ɐ.lɐˈwa] [Standard-Tagalog]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *duSa Proto-Austronesian *da-duSa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-duha Proto-Philippine *da-duha Tagalog dalwa Tagalog dalawa From epenthesis of earlier dalwa, from earlier *darua < *dadua, from Proto-Central Philippine *da-duha (with irregular loss of *h), from Proto-Philippine *da-duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-duha, from Proto-Austronesian *da-duSa. Compare Aklanon daywa and Malay dua. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|dalwa&lt;ety:inh&lt;phi-pro:*da-duha&lt;ety:inh&lt;poz-pro:*da-duha&lt;ety:inh&lt;map-pro:*da-duSa&lt;ety:from&lt;*duSa&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *duSa Proto-Austronesian *da-duSa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-duha Proto-Philippine *da-duha Tagalog dalwa Tagalog dalawa [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*da-duha", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Philippine", "term" : "*da-duha", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "phi-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "dalwa", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "dalawa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="dalawa">, {{lg|epenthesis}} epenthesis, {{inh|tl|phi-pro|*duha|*da-duha}} Proto-Philippine *da-duha, {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*duha|*da-duha}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-duha, {{inh|tl|map-pro|*duSa|*da-duSa}} Proto-Austronesian *da-duSa, {{cog|akl|daywa}} Aklanon daywa, {{cog|ms|dua}} Malay dua Head templates: {{tl-num|dalawá|b=+}} dalawá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜏ) Forms: dalawá [canonical], ᜇᜎᜏ [Baybayin], alaua [alternative], alua [alternative], dalaua [alternative], daloua [alternative], dalua [alternative], dauha [alternative], loua [alternative], alawa [alternative, obsolete], alwa [alternative, obsolete], daluwa [alternative, obsolete], dawha [alternative, obsolete], luwa [alternative, obsolete], dalwa [alternative, uncommon]
  1. two Synonyms: dos Related terms: balinduwa, hidwa, kaluluwa, talinduwa

Alternative forms

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  "word": "dalawa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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