bungisngis
Masbatenyo
Noun
bungisngis
- giant (supernatural being with a wide grin and laughs boisterously)
Tagalog
FWOTD – 27 April 2024
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buŋisˈŋis/ [bʊ.ŋɪsˈŋɪs]
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: bu‧ngis‧ngis
Noun
bungisngís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔)
- giggle (especially with teeth showing)
- Synonym: ngisi
- 2008 April 9, “Strada or Navarra”, in tsikot.com[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2024, page 4:
- Sorry talaga, bungisngis lang talaga ako.
- I'm very sorry, I was just giggling.
- giggler; someone who habitually giggles
Derived terms
- bumungisngis
- bungisngisan
- ikabungisngis
- pagbungisngis
See also
Adjective
bungisngís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔)
Further reading
- “bungisngis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018