wating
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /waˈtiŋ/ [wɐˈt̪ɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- Syllabification: wa‧ting
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]watíng (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜒᜅ᜔)
- temporary dimness or blurriness of sight (as when a person is dizzy or has hurt eyes)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly clipping of English squat (“occupation of a building/land without permission of owner”) + -ing. Popularized by the 1994 movie Wating, directed by Ishmael Bernal.
Adjective
[edit]watíng (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜆᜒᜅ᜔) (slang)
- street-smart; streetwise; shrewd
- Synonyms: madiskarte, matinik, maoido, wais
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “wating”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog clippings
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -ing
- Tagalog adjectives
- Tagalog slang