agihon

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡihon/ [ʔɐˈɣiː.hon̪]
  • Rhymes: -ihon
  • Syllabification: a‧gi‧hon

Noun

agihon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. sound of wild boar or a horse; grunt
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish aguijón, from Vulgar Latin *aquīleōnem, from *aquīleus, vulgar variant of acūleus (“prick, goad”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡiˈhon/ [ʔɐ.ɣɪˈhon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: a‧gi‧hon

Noun

agihón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. goad (pointed stick used to prod animals)
    Synonym: panundot
  2. stinger (pointed portion of an insect)

See also

Further reading

  • “agihon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968) Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 207
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18
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