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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈtiɡil/ (“cessation; rest”, noun; “stop!”, interjection; “resting”, adjective)
- IPA(key): /tiˈɡil/ (“habitually stopping during worktime; unnaturally silent; (physics) immobile”, adjective)
- Syllabification: ti‧gil
Noun
tigil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)
- cessation; stop
- Synonyms: hinto, paghinto, tahan, pagtahan, para, pagpara, humpay, paghumpay, tugot, pagtugot
- rest; break; temporary suspension of activity
- Synonyms: pahinga, pagpapahinga, pamamahinga
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Interjection
tigil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)
- stop!; halt!
- Synonyms: hinto, para
Adjective
tigil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)
- resting; not working or moving
- Synonyms: hinto, nakahinto, namamahinga
Adjective
tigíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔)
- having the habit of stopping or resting very often during worktime
- Synonyms: palatigil, mapagtigil, patigil-tigil
- unnaturally silent (as if sick or lonely)
- Synonym: walang-kibo
- (physics, neologism) immobile; having no motion
Derived terms
References
- “tigil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
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