bigat
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See also: big-at
Romanization
bigat
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍄
Noun
bigat
Adverb
bigát
Adverb
bigat
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Cognate with Kapampangan bayat, Cebuano bug-at, Hiligaynon bug-at, Indonesian and Malay berat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈɡat/ [bɪˈɣat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: bi‧gat
Noun
bigát (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜆ᜔)
- weight
- Synonym: timbang
- Ang bigat ni Anna ay 75 lbs.
- The weight of Anna is 75 lbs.
- (figurative) graveness; gravity of a situation
- Ang bigat ng kanyang pagkalugi ay nagbigay sa negosyante ng maraming gabing walang tulog.
- The gravity of his bankruptcy gave the businessman many sleepless nights.
Derived terms
- ambigat
- bigatan
- bigatin
- bumigat
- hilabigat
- kabigatan
- kapamigatan
- mabigat
- mabigat ang paa
- mabigat ang salapi
- mabigat panimbangan
- mabigatan
- magpabigat
- makabigat
- mamigat
- napakabigat
- pabigat
- pabigatan
Further reading
- “bigat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
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