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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gigante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈɡante/
- Hyphenation: hi‧gan‧te
Noun
higante
- giant
- tall person
Adjective
higante
- gigantic; mammoth
- well-known
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gigante (“giant”). Displaced tayarak.
Pronunciation
Noun
higante (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- giant
- Synonym: (obsolete) tayarak
2002, Komunikasyon 3' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 174:Malapit nang maubos ang mga higante.- The giants are near extinction.
2005, Sigay 6' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa), Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 289:Tinawag ni Ben ang iba pang mga higante sa kagubatan. Nang magdatingan ang mga ito, tinulungan nila si Rufo hanggang maiahon nila ito sa kumunoy.- Ben called the other giants from the forest. When they came, they helped Rulfo until they brought him out of the quicksand.
- (figurative, loosely) huge animal
- Synonyms: dambuhala, (obsolete) tayarak
Adjective
higante (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- gigantic; huge; of extraordinary size
- Synonyms: dambuhala, tandayag
2005, Brenda V. Fajardo, Ang inukit na kaalamang bayan ng Paete, →ISBN, page 103:Hindi kaya ginamit ang higanteng gagamba sa pelikula?- Was the giant spider used in the movie?
Further reading
- “higante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yogad
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gigante (“giant”).
Noun
higante
- giant