gising

English

Verb

gising

  1. present participle and gerund of gise

Tagalog

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Etymology

Compare Kapampangan gising (“awakening”), Bikol Central gisong (“waking up”), Cebuano gisong (“shake into consciousness”), and Tausug gisung (“to wake up for a short time”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ɡiˈsiŋ/ [ɡɪˈsɪŋ] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -iŋ
    • IPA(key): /ˈɡisiŋ/ [ˈɡiː.sɪŋ] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -isiŋ
  • Syllabification: gi‧sing

Adjective

gisíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. awake; awakened
    Gising na ang tatay mo.
    Your father is awake.
  2. alert; active
    Synonyms: alerto, listo
  3. (figurative) well-informed
    Synonym: mulat

Noun

gising (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. waking up from sleep
    Synonyms: paggising, pagkagising, pagpukaw
  2. time when one wakes up
  3. act of waking someone up from sleep

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