aligid

aligid

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aliguid, aliguir – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Compare ligid

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧gid
• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈɡid/, [ʔɐ.lɪˈɣid] (adjective, noun:waiting for good opportunity)
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈliɡid/, [ʔɐˈli.ɣɪd] (noun:wandering)

Adjective

aligíd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔)

1. circling around; hovering; lingering; going around in circles

   Synonym: palibot

2. surrounded (as with a fence, soldiers, enemies)

   Synonyms: ligid, naliligiran, kulong, nakukulong

Derived terms

• ali-aligid
• mag-aligid
• magpaali-aligid
• pag-aligid
• umali-aligid
• umaligid

 

See also

• ligid
• paligid

 

Noun

aligid (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔)

1. act of wandering, circling around, or sneaking around (of a place)

   Synonyms: gala, ikot, pag-ikot, libot, ligid, pagligid

2. single rounding or circuit and distance covered (as of a race track)

   Synonyms: ligid, ikot

3. surroundings; environment (of a place)

   Synonyms: paligid, kapaligiran, paligid-ligid

Derived terms

• aligiran
• umaligid

 

Noun

aligíd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔)

1. (obsolete) act of waiting for a good opportunity to exact one's revenge to an enemy

Derived terms

• aligirin
• umaligid

 

Further reading

• “aligid”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018