gising

English

Verb

gising

  1. present participle of gise

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central gisong (waking up) and Javanese gesang (alive).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gi‧sing
  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈsiŋ/, [ɡɪˈsiŋ] (adjective)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡisiŋ/, [ˈɡi.sɪŋ] (noun)

Adjective

gisíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. awake; awakened
    Gising na ang tatay mo.
    Your father is awake.
  2. alert; active
    Synonyms: alerto, listo
  3. (figurative) well-informed
    Synonym: mulat

Noun

gising (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. waking up from sleep
    Synonyms: paggising, pagkagising, pagpukaw
  2. time when one wakes up
  3. act of waking someone up from sleep

Derived terms

  • gising-gising
  • gisingin
  • gisnan
  • gumising
  • kagisnan
  • kinagisnan
  • magising
  • magisnan
  • manggising
  • paggising
  • pagkagising

See also

Further reading

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