malintala

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• malimtala

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)

Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)bor.

Malay malimbor.

Tagalog malim

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaq?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Sanskrit तृ (tṛ)

Sanskrit तारा (tārā)der.?

Tagalog tala

Tagalog malintala

From malim (“pilot”) + tala (“star”). Calque of English astronaut, astro- (“star”) and -naut (“sailor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌmalinˈtalaʔ/ [ˌmaː.lɪn̪ˈt̪aː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧lin‧ta‧la

Noun

málintalà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ) (neologism)

1. astronaut

   Synonyms: astronawta, astronot

See also

• malimayaw

Further reading

• Dalub-unlaran ng Wika, Takaran ng Pamantasang Gregorio Araneta (1979), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino], 2nd edition (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL