ligaya
See also: Ligaya
Tagalog
Etymology
Zorc (1985) surmises it to possibly be from fossilized prefix *li- + Spanish gaya, feminine of gayo (“gay; festive; merry”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liˈɡaja/ [lɪˈɣaː.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: li‧ga‧ya
- Homophone: Ligaya
Noun
ligaya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜌ)
Derived terms
- ikaligaya
- kaliga-ligaya
- kaligayahan
- lumigaya
- magpakaligaya
- magpaligaya
- magtamong-ligaya
- makaligaya
- maligaya
- maligayahan
- maligayang pagdating
- pampaligaya
See also
Further reading
- “ligaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 213
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 44: “Alegria) Ligaya (pp) con regocijo”
- page 330: “Goçarſe) Ligaya (pp) en Dioso en el cuerpo”
- page 484: “Plaçer) Ligaya (pp) contento o guſto”
- page 518: “Recreaçion) Ligaya (pp) en algo”