semivowel in Tagalog
malapatinig
semivowel in Tagalog: malapatinig. In English, semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
Tagalog words for semivowel
- sound in speech
- malapatinig
English meaning of semivowel
- noun A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
- noun A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.
Synonyms of semivowel
semivowel in other languages
Questions about semivowel in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of semivowel in Tagalog?
- Semivowel in Tagalog is malapatinig.
- Ano ang semivowel sa Tagalog?
- Semivowel: malapatinig.
- What does semivowel mean in English?
- Semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: semivowel (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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