maragsa
marágsa with stress marks
type of glottal stress/accent
Usage Note
Maragsa is a term from traditional Filipino linguistics referring to a stress pattern characterized by a glottal stop and abrupt final stress. It is part of the classical Tagalog system of accent types — alongside malumay, malumi, and mabilis — used in describing stress and tone in Tagalog poetry and old orthography.
Examples
" Maragsa ang bigkas ng salita. "
Natural Translation
The word has a maragsa stress.
Literal Translation
Maragsa the pronunciation of word.
" Ang salitang ito ay may maragsa na bigkas sa dulo. "
Natural Translation
This word has a maragsa pronunciation at the end.
Literal Translation
The word [ng] this has maragsa [na] pronunciation at-the end.
" Ipinaliwanag ng guro na ang maragsa ay isa sa apat na uri ng diin na ginagamit sa lumang ortograpiyang Tagalog. "
Natural Translation
The teacher explained that the maragsa is one of the four types of stress used in old Tagalog orthography.
Literal Translation
Explained by teacher that the maragsa is one of four types of stress that used in old orthography-Tagalog.
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