ligaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧gaw

Verb

ligaw

1. to do something right by accident

Anagrams

• giwal, lawig, liwag

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɡaf/
• Rhymes: -iɡaf
• Syllabification: li‧gaw

Noun

ligaw f

1. genitive plural of ligawa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ligao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈliɡaw/ [ˈli.ɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -iɡaw
• Syllabification: li‧gaw

Noun

ligaw (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔)

1. courtship; wooing; courting

   Synonyms: paniningalang-pugad, pangingibig

2. wooer; suitor

   Synonyms: manliligaw, mangingibig

Derived terms

• anak-sa-ligaw
• ligaw-ligawan
• ligaw-manok
• ligaw-tingin
• ligawan
• lumigaw
• manligaw
• manliligaw
• pagligaw
• paligaw
• paligawan
• paligawin
• panliligaw

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rəgaw (“wander, stray”). Compare Pangasinan legaw and Hiligaynon ligaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈɡaw/ [lɪˈɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: li‧gaw

Adjective

ligáw (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔)

1. strayed; lost in the way
2. wild; undomesticated; uncultivated
3. runaway; untethered; stray; freely roaming (usually of animals)

   Synonyms: alpas, kawala

4. stray (of bullets)
5. misguided; wrong

   Synonyms: mali, lisya, lihis

Derived terms

• iligaw
• ligaw na bala
• magkaligaw-ligaw
• magligaw
• makapagligaw
• maligaw
• maligawin
• mapagligaw
• mapaligaw
• nakapagliligaw
• pagkaligaw
• paligaw-ligaw
• paligawan
• sitang ligaw

 

Further reading

• “ligaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018