kalasagin ang hiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “to use one's shame as a shield”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kalaˌsaɡin ʔaŋ hiˈaʔ/ [kɐ.lɐˌsaː.ɣɪn̪ ʔɐŋ hɪˈaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): /kalasaˌɡin ʔaŋ hiˈaʔ/ [kɐ.lɐ.sɐˌɣin̪ ʔɐŋ hɪˈaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧sa‧gin ang hi‧ya

Verb

kalasagin ang hiyâ or kalasagín ang hiyâ (complete kinalasag ang hiya, progressive kinakalasag ang hiya, contemplative kakalasagin ang hiya, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜐᜄᜒᜈ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜌ) (idiomatic, obsolete)

1. to have no shame in one's actions or words

Further reading

• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 431.
• 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