higa

-hîga (infinitive guhîga, perfective -hîze)

1. to hunt

• umuhigi

From higo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡa/ [ˈi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: hi‧ga

higa f (plural higas)

1. obscene gesture made by putting the thumb between the index finger and the middle finger

• “higa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hidəʀáq. Compare Ilocano idda, Bikol Central higda, Cebuano higda, Waray-Waray higda, and Maranao iga'.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈɡaʔ/ [hɪˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧ga

higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)

1. lying down

   Synonym: paghiga

2. act of going to bed
3. lying position of the body

   Synonym: pagkakahiga

4. time of going to bed
5. lying position (of an object)

   Synonyms: bagna, pagkakabagna

higâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜄ)

1. lie down; fallen down on one's back

   Synonym: nakahiga

2. lying flat on the surface

   Synonyms: bulagta, nakabulagta

3. (by extension) bedridden

   Synonyms: datay, nakaratay

• “higa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hideRáq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary