higante
Cebuano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish gigante.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithigante
Adjective
edithigante
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish gigante (“giant”). Displaced tayarak.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈɡante/ [hɪˈɣan̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: hi‧gan‧te
Noun
edithigante (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- giant
- Synonym: (obsolete) tayarak
- 2005, Sigay 6' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa)[2], Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 289:
- Tinawag ni Ben ang iba pang mga higante sa kagubatan. Nang magdatingan ang mga ito, tinulungan nila si Rufo hanggang maiahon nila ito sa kumunoy.
- Ben called the other giants from the forest. When they came, they helped Rulfo until they brought him out of the quicksand.
- (figurative, loosely) huge animal
Adjective
edithigante (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “higante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yogad
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish gigante (“giant”).
Noun
edithigante
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