bigti
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bicti — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- bikti
Etymology
From earlier bikti. The /k/ before /t/ changed to /ɡ/ due to Spanish-influenced stop voicing.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biɡˈti/ [bɪɡˈti], /biɡˈtiʔ/ [bɪɡˈtiʔ]
- Rhymes: -i, -iʔ
- Syllabification: big‧ti
Noun
bigtí or bigtî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- hanging
- Synonym: pagbitay
- strangulation (with one's hands)
Further reading
- “bigti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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