ligaya

See also: Ligaya

Tagalog

Etymology

Zorc (1985) surmises it to possibly be from fossilized prefix *li- +‎ Spanish gaya, feminine of gayo (“gay; festive; merry”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: li‧ga‧ya

IPA^(key): /liˈɡaja/, [lɪˈɣa.jɐ]

Noun

ligaya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜌ)

happiness; joy
Synonyms: saya, tuwa, galak, lugod
pleasure; satisfaction
Synonyms: kasiyahan, aliw, kaaliwan

Derived terms

ikaligaya
kaligayahan
lumigaya
magpakaligaya
magpaligaya
magtamong-ligaya
maligaya
maligayang pagdating
pampaligaya

Further reading

“ligaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4‎, page 213

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