tagalog

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Ta=ga=log

CIDE DICTIONARY

tagalog, n. 

•  Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tagalog, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of the principal people of the Philippine Islands.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to this people or language.

Etymology

Tagalog f. taga native + ilog river