maningalang-pugad

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• maningalang pugad

Etymology

From maningala (“to look around upward”) +‎ -ng- +‎ pugad (“nest”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maniŋaˌlaŋ ˈpuɡad/ [mɐ.nɪ.ŋɐˌlam ˈpuː.ɣɐd]
• Rhymes: -uɡad
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧nga‧lang-pu‧gad

Verb

maningaláng-pugad (complete naningalang-pugad, progressive naniningalang-pugad, contemplative maniningalang-pugad, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜅᜎᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜄᜇ᜔)

1. to look up at or seek a nest
2. (figuratively) to start courting girls

   Synonym: manligaw

Related terms

• paniningalang-pugad

 

Noun

maningaláng-pugad (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜅᜎᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜄᜇ᜔)

1. (obsolete) hen that laid eggs

Further reading

• “maningalang-pugad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier