ligalig

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /liˈɡaliɡ/ [lɪˈɣaː.lɪɡ̚] (“trouble; distress; tantrum; bother”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aliɡ
  • IPA^(key): /liɡaˈliɡ/ [lɪ.ɣɐˈliɡ̚] (“troubled; distressed; preoccupied”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: li‧ga‧lig

Noun

ligalig (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

1. trouble; civil disorder; public disturbance

   Synonyms: gulo, pagkakagulo, basag-ulo, sigalutan

2. mental distress; perturbation; worry

   Synonyms: linggatong, bagabag, tigatig, balisa

3. tantrum; fit of bad temper

   Synonyms: alboroto, pag-aalboroto

4. bother; preoccupation

   Synonyms: abala, kaabalahan, pagkaabala, gambala, pagkagambala, kagambalaan

Derived terms

• kaligaligan
• ligaligin
• lumigalig
• maligalig
• manligalig
• mapanligalig
• pagkaligalig
• panligalig
• panliligalig

 

Adjective

ligalíg (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

1. troubled; in civil disorder

   Synonyms: gulo, nagkakagulo

2. perturbed; mentally distressed; worried

   Synonyms: balisa, bagabag

3. preoccupied; very busy

   Synonyms: abala, matrabaho