"maligaya" meaning in Tagalog

See maligaya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /maliˈɡaja/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐ.lɪˈɣ̠aː.jɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜌ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aja Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *ma- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- Tagalog ma- Tagalog ligaya Tagalog maligaya From ma- + ligaya. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ma-<id:stative prefix>|ligaya|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *ma- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma- Tagalog ma- Tagalog ligaya Tagalog maligaya [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*ma-", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ma-", "lang" : "tl" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ligaya", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "maligaya", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="maligaya"> From ma- + ligaya. Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} maligaya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜌ)
  1. happy; cheerful; pleasant; gay Derived forms: Maligaya, maligayang bati, maligayang kaarawan, maligayang pagdating, maligayang Pasko Related terms: kaligayahan, lumigaya, magpaligaya, paligayahin

Alternative forms

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