bungisngis
Masbatenyo edit
Noun edit
bungisngis
- giant (supernatural being with a wide grin and laughs boisterously)
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋisˈŋis/, [bʊ.ŋɪsˈŋis]
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: bu‧ngis‧ngis
Noun edit
bungisngís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔)
- giggle (especially with teeth showing)
- Synonym: ngisi
- 2008 April 9, “Strada or Navarra”, in tsikot.com[1], archived from the original on March 31, 2024:
- Sorry talaga, bungisngis lang talaga ako.
- I'm very sorry, I was just giggling.
- giggler; someone who habitually giggles
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Adjective edit
bungisngís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “bungisngis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018