nigo
Bikol Central edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu.
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nígo
Etymology 2 edit
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Adjective edit
nigò
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu. Compare Malay nyiru.
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nigo
Tagalog edit
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nigò (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓ)
- fortune; good luck; fortuitousness
- Synonym: kapalaran
- prosperity
- (obsolete) act of hitting what is shot
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Further reading edit
- “nigo”, 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