isain

See also: isäin

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare isa and -in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈsaʔin/ [ʔɪˈsaː.ʔɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔin
• Syllabification: i‧sa‧in

Numeral

isain (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜁᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. one

   Synonym: isa

Usage notes

• Fr. Noceda & Fr. Sanlucar (1860) mentioned a series of the first ten numerals, which they said to be used in the ancient times. Numbers in the series from 1-10 were: isain, duwain, mampat, agiw, tundong, kala, manapit, saga, bulaid, and turo. However, according to Blake (1907), the series was hardly possible to be more ancient because the series does not follow the common property of the Malayo-Polynesian family. Furthermore, Brandsetter (1902), thought that Fr. Noceda & Fr. Sanlucar misunderstood, and they represented a series of secret numbers or the numerals of another language.

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Blake, Frank R. (1907), “Contributions to Comparative Philippine Grammar, II”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 28, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 199–253
• Brandstetter, Renward (1902), Tagalen und Madagassen: eine sprachvergleichende Darstellung als Orientierung für Ethnographen und Sprachforscher‎, Geschw. Doleschal, Nachfolger J. Eisenring, page 10
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 22