malumay
malúmay with stress marks
soft/low speech; penultimate accent
Usage Note
Malumay is a traditional Tagalog grammatical and phonological term referring to words with primary stress on the penultimate syllable and a long vowel, without a glottal stop. It is one of four classical Tagalog accent types and appears mainly in language teaching and classical grammar instruction.
Examples
" Malumay ang salitang ito. "
Natural Translation
This word has a penultimate accent.
Literal Translation
Soft-accented the word this.
" Malumay siyang magsalita. "
Natural Translation
He/She speaks softly.
Literal Translation
Soft he/she speak.
" Itinuro ng guro na malumay ang bigkas ng salita kapag ang diin ay nasa ikalawa sa huling pantig nang walang impit na tunog. "
Natural Translation
The teacher explained that a word's pronunciation is malumay when the stress falls on the second-to-last syllable without a glottal stop.
Literal Translation
Taught by-the teacher that soft-accented the pronunciation of word when the stress is on second-to-last syllable without glottal sound.
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