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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from a metathesis of Sanskrit विहग (vihaga, “bird”, literally “skygoer”), from विह (viha, “sky; air”) + ग (ga, “moving; reaching”), with semantic change. Compare Old Javanese wihaga (“bird; portent; omen; sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈwaɡaʔ/,
- Hyphenation: hi‧wa‧ga
Noun
hiwagà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜏᜄ)
- mystery
- Synonyms: misteryo, talinghaga, hibat, himala, kababalaghan
- source of hesitation
- (obsolete) difference of feelings and interpretations
- (obsolete) meaning of a word
- Synonym: kahulugan
- (obsolete) spiritual and mystical significance
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “hiwaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 194
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 253: “Diferençia) Hivaga (pp) de ſentidos que tiene vna coſa”