gising

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English

Verb

gising

  1. present participle and gerund of gise

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan gising (“awakening”), Bikol Central gisong (“waking up”), Cebuano gisong (“shake into consciousness”), and Tausug gisung (“to wake up for a short time”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈsiŋ/, (adjective)

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡisiŋ/, (noun)
  • Hyphenation: gi‧sing

Adjective

gisíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. awake; awakened
    Gising na ang tatay mo.
    Your father is awake.
  2. alert; active
    Synonyms: alerto, listo
  3. (figurative) well-informed
    Synonym: mulat

Noun

gising (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. waking up from sleep
    Synonyms: paggising, pagkagising, pagpukaw
  2. time when one wakes up
  3. act of waking someone up from sleep

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