hiwaga

• hiuaga – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Possibly from a metathesis of Sanskrit विहग (vihaga, “bird”, literally “skygoer”), from विह (viha, “sky; air”) + ग (ga, “moving; reaching”), with semantic change. Compare Old Javanese wihaga (“bird; portent; omen; sign”).

• Hyphenation: hi‧wa‧ga
• IPA^(key): /hiˈwaɡaʔ/, [hɪˈwa.ɣɐʔ]

hiwagà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜏᜄ)

1. mystery

   Synonyms: misteryo, talinghaga, hibat, himala, kababalaghan

2. source of hesitation
3. (obsolete) difference of feelings and interpretations
4. (obsolete) meaning of a word

   Synonym: kahulugan

5. (obsolete) spiritual and mystical significance

• talinghaga

• “hiwaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 194
• 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
• Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 253: “Diferençia) Hivaga (pp) de ſentidos que tiene vna coſa”