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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋiʀi (“Spanish mackerel, kingfish: Scomberomorini spp.”). Compare Ilocano tanggigi, Pangasinan tangingi, Kapampangan tangginggi, Cebuano tangigi, Maranao tangigi, Javanese ꦠꦼꦔꦶꦫꦶ (tengiri), and Malay tenggiri.
Pronunciation
Noun
tanigì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜒᜄᜒ)
- (strictly) narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)
- Spanish mackerel; seerfish
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tanigi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “tanigi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*taŋiRi”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary