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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhiliɡ/,
- IPA(key): /ˈʔiliɡ/, (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: hi‧lig
Noun
hílig (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- fondness; interest
- Synonyms: gusto, suno, muya
- act of going downstairs
- Synonym: baba
Derived terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧lig
- IPA(key): /ˈhiliɡ/,
Adjective
hilig
- slanting; leaning; at an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped; inclined
- apt; having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards
Noun
hilig
- an inclination; a slant or slope
- desire; interest
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *hírig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈliɡ/, (adjective)
- Hyphenation: hi‧lig
Noun
hilig (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- liking
- Synonyms: gusto, pagkakagusto
- leaning; inclining (of a standing object)
- Synonyms: sandal, sandig, kiling, hapay
- tendency; propensity; natural inclination
- Synonyms: ugali, gawi, kaugalian, kagawian
- vocation
- Synonym: bokasyon
- talent; natural ability
- Synonym: talento
Derived terms
Adjective
hilíg (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- leaning; inclined (of a standing object)
- Synonyms: nakahilig, nakasandal, nakasandig, hapay, tagilid
Further reading
- “hilig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hírig”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary