nigo
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧go
- IPA(key): /ˈniɡo/
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧go
- IPA(key): /ˈniɡoʔ/
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu. Compare Malay nyiru.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧go
- IPA(key): /ˈniɡo/, [ˈn̪i.ɡʊ]
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ni‧go
- IPA(key): /ˈniɡoʔ/, [ˈni.ɣoʔ]
Noun
nigò (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓ)
- fortune; good luck; fortuitousness
- Synonym: kapalaran
- prosperity
- (obsolete) act of hitting what is shot
Further reading
- “nigo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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