higpit
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *hig(ə)pít. Possibly from a syncopic form of *higipit, from hi- + gipit. Compare Kapampangan igpit.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiɡˈpit/ [hɪɡˈpit]
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: hig‧pit
Noun[edit]
higpít (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- tightness; firmness (of a hold, bite, fitting, etc.)
- Synonyms: kahigpitan, hapit, igting, tibay, sikip
- strictness; rigidity
- Synonyms: kahigpitan, kaestriktuhan
- stiffness; intensity (of contests, games, etc.)
- tautness; tightness
- Synonyms: bagting, kabagtingan
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog syncopic forms
- Tagalog terms prefixed with hi-
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/it
- Rhymes:Tagalog/it/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script