kaniguan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

canigoan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From ka- +‎ nigo +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧gu‧an

IPA^(key): /kaniˈɡuʔan/, [kɐ.nɪˈɣu.ʔɐn]

Noun

kaniguan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

prosperity; fortuitousness
Synonym: nigo
(figurative, obsolete) a place where many go
Synonym: (obsolete) kabuyukan

Ang kaniguan mong dati ay ang pinag-iinumang bahay.
The place where you usually go before was the house where you drink.

Further reading

“kaniguan”, 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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