tigas
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Verb
tigas
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Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təʀas (cf. Bikol Central tagas, Cebuano tugas (“molave”), Ibanag nategga (“hard”), Indonesian teras and Malay teras (“heart of wood”), Maranao tegas).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈɡas/ [t̪ɪˈɣas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ti‧gas
Noun
tigás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔)
- hardness (of a solid object)
- rigidity; firmness
- stiffness (of one's neck, etc.)
- Synonym: paninigas
- firmness; resolution; inflexibility (in one's decision)
- stubbornness (usually used with ng ulo)
- Synonym: kasutilan
- laziness (usually used with ng katawan)
- Synonym: katamaran
- condition of being erect (of a penis)
- Synonyms: tayo, pagtayo, tingaro, pagtingaro
- heartwood (wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch)
Derived terms
- astig
- katigasan
- katigasan ng katawan
- katigasan ng loob
- katigasan ng ulo
- maastigan
- magmatigas
- magmatigas ng puso
- magpatigas
- magpatigas ng puso
- manigas
- matigas
- matigas ang buto
- matigas ang katawan
- matigas ang puso
- matigas ang ulo
- matigas pa sa kulig
- pagkaastig
- pampatigas
- paninigas
- patigas
- patigasan
- patigasin
- tigas ng buto
- tigas ng katawan
- tigas ng loob
- tigas ng ulo
- tigasan
- tigasin
- tumigas
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