bislig
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bisˈliɡ/ [bɪsˈlɪɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -iɡ
- Syllabification: bis‧lig
Noun
bislíg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- hardening; petrification
- Synonyms: paninigas, pamumuo, petripikasyon
- (figurative) hardheartedness; callousness
- Synonyms: kawalang-awa, kawalang-habag, kawalang-damdamin, katigasan ng puso
- (obsolete) eight carat gold
Derived terms
- mamislig
- pagkabislig
- pamimislig
- tatakangbislig
Further reading
- “bislig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier