kailangan

Sambali

Adjective

kailangan

necessary

Tagalog

Alternative forms

cailañgan, cailang̃an, cailan͠gan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
kelangan — colloquial
kaylangan, keylangan

Etymology

From ilang +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ka‧i‧la‧ngan

IPA^(key): /kaʔiˈlaŋan/, [kɐ.ʔɪˈla.ŋɐn]

IPA^(key): /kajˈlaŋan/, [kaɪ̯ˈla.ŋɐn] (relaxed)

IPA^(key): /ˌkeˈlaŋan/, [ˌkɛˈla.ŋɐn] (relaxed)

Adjective

kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

necessary

Noun

kailangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

necessity

Derived terms

See also

kakapusan
kakulangan
kasalatan

Further reading

“kailangan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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