tigbuhol

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tigbohol — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From tig- +‎ buhol.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiɡbuˈhol/ [t̪ɪɡ.bʊˈhol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: tig‧bu‧hol

Noun

tigbuhól (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

1. word puzzle where one rearranges jumbled letters or inverted syllables
2. (obsolete) act of reordering the letters or words (in an utterance)

   Synonyms: takitaki, kawi

Derived terms

• itigbuhol
• magtigbuhol
• pagtigbuhulan

 

Further reading

• “tigbuhol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018