paghigantihan

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Tagalog

Etymology

From higanti +‎ pag- -han.

Pronunciation

Verb

paghigantihán (complete pinaghigantihan, progressive pinaghihigantihan, contemplative paghihigantihan, 5th object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. to take revenge on; to avenge
    Pinaghigantihan niya ang pagkamatay ng lolo niya.
    He took revenge on the death of his grandfather.

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for paghigantihan
affix -an
root word paghiganti
trigger directional
aspect
infinitive paghigantihan
complete pinaghigantihan
progressive pinapaghigantihan
inapaghigantihan1
contemplative papaghigantihan
apaghigantihan1
imperative paghigantihi1

1 Dialectal use only.