higa
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxiː.ɡɑ/, [ˈhiː.ɣɑ]
Verb
hīga
- imperative singular of hīgian
Rwanda-Rundi
Verb
-hîga (infinitive guhîga, perfective -hîze)
- to hunt
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From higo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡa/ [ˈi.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -iɡa
- Syllabification: hi‧ga
Noun
higa f (plural higas)
- obscene gesture made by putting the thumb between the index finger and the middle finger
Derived terms
- dar higa
- importar una higa
Further reading
- “higa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hidəʀáq. Compare Ilocano idda, Bikol Central higda, Cebuano higda, Waray-Waray higda, and Maranao iga'.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈɡaʔ/ [hɪˈɣaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: hi‧ga
Noun
higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)
- lying down
- Synonym: paghiga
- act of going to bed
- lying position of the body
- Synonym: pagkakahiga
- time of going to bed
- lying position (of an object)
- Synonyms: bagna, pagkakabagna
Derived terms
Adjective
higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)
- lie down; fallen down on one's back
- Synonym: nakahiga
- lying flat on the surface
- Synonyms: bulagta, nakabulagta
- (by extension) bedridden
- Synonyms: datay, nakaratay
Further reading
- “higa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hideRáq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI