nigo

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu. Compare Malay nyiru.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ni‧go
• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡo/ [ˈn̪i.ɡo]

Noun

nigo

1. a winnowing basket

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀinu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡo/ [ˈn̪i.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: ni‧go

Noun

nígo (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓ)

1. a winnowing basket

See also

• tahop

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• igo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡoʔ/ [ˈn̪i.ɡoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧go

Adjective

nigò (plural nirigo, Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓ)

1. fitting; proper; suitable

   Synonyms: husto, angay

Derived terms

• kaniguan
• manigo

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈniɡoʔ/ [ˈn̪iː.ɣoʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡoʔ
• Syllabification: ni‧go

Noun

nigò (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓ)

1. fortune; good luck; fortuitousness

   Synonym: kapalaran

2. prosperity
3. (obsolete) act of hitting what is shot

   Synonyms: tama, igo

Derived terms

• ikanigo
• inigo
• kaniguan
• magpanigo
• manigo
• numigo
• panigo

Further reading

• “nigo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

• Niog, niog, inog