ngilo

Cebuano

FWOTD – 11 April 2017

Etymology

Sound suggested of shrillness. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋilu.

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ŋiˈl̪o/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ngi‧lo

Noun

ngilo

1. the irritating feeling produced when hearing sounds like the screeching of tires, the grinding of teeth, and scraping on a chalkboard
   • 2007, Rey Jude P. Agana, The Role of Rumors in Informal Learning (Ph.D. dissertation), p. 30, Fig. 3.2:

     Medyo ngilo
     Medium rasping

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

ngilo

1. to feel irritated by such sounds

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ng̃ilo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ŋilu. Compare Malay ngilu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋiˈlo/, [ŋɪˈlo]
• Hyphenation: ngi‧lo

Noun

ngiló (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜎᜓ) (medicine)

1. nerve pain felt on the edge of the tooth

   Synonyms: pangingilo, dentera, yangasngas

Derived terms

• ikangilo
• kangiluhan
• makangilo
• makapangilo
• mangilo
• pangingilo

 

Further reading

• “ngilo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “ngilo”, 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^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 223: “Dentera) Ng̃ilo (pc) de comer agrio”
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*ŋilu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary