kaniguan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- canigoan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaniˈɡuʔan/ [kɐ.n̪ɪˈɣuː.ʔɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -uʔan
- Syllabification: ka‧ni‧gu‧an
Noun
kaniguan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)
- prosperity; fortuitousness
- Synonym: nigo
- (figurative, obsolete) a place where many go
- Synonyms: (obsolete) kabuyukan, (obsolete) kadungsulan
- Ang kaniguan mong dati ay ang pinag-iinumang bahay.
- The place where you usually go before was the house where you drink.
Further reading
- “kaniguan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier