gising

gising

English

Verb

gising

1. present participle of gise

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guising – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central gisong (“waking up”) and Javanese gesang (“alive”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧sing
• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈsiŋ/, [ɡɪˈsiŋ] (adjective)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisiŋ/, [ˈɡi.sɪŋ] (noun)

Adjective

gisíng (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

1. awake; awakened

   Gising na ang tatay mo.

   Your father is awake.

2. alert; active

   Synonyms: alerto, listo

3. (figurative) well-informed

   Synonym: mulat

Noun

gising (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

1. waking up from sleep

   Synonyms: paggising, pagkagising, pagpukaw

2. time when one wakes up
3. act of waking someone up from sleep

Derived terms

• gising-gising
• gisingin
• gisnan
• gumising
• kagisnan
• kinagisnan
• magising
• magisnan
• manggising
• paggising
• pagkagising

 

See also

• alimpungat
• bangon
• gisaw
• pukaw

 

Further reading

• “gising”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 245: “Deſpertar) Giſing [(pp) el dormido]”
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 518: “Recordar) Giſing (pp) el que eſta durmiendo”