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Verb
-hîga (infinitive guhîga, perfective -hîze)
- to hunt
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From higo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡa/
- Rhymes: -iɡa
- Syllabification: hi‧ga
Noun
higa f (plural higas)
- obscene gesture made by putting the thumb between the index finger and the middle finger
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hidəʀáq. Compare Ilocano idda, Bikol Central higda, Cebuano higda, Waray-Waray higda, and Maranao iga'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈɡaʔ/,
- Hyphenation: hi‧ga
Noun
higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)
- lying down
- Synonym: paghiga
- act of going to bed
- lying position of the body
- Synonym: pagkakahiga
- time of going to bed
- lying position (of an object)
- Synonyms: bagna, pagkakabagna
Derived terms
Adjective
higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)
- lie down; fallen down on one's back
- Synonym: nakahiga
- lying flat on the surface
- Synonyms: bulagta, nakabulagta
- (by extension) bedridden
- Synonyms: datay, nakaratay
Further reading
- “higa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hideRáq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary