sagasa

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga‧sa

Noun

sagasa

  1. (mahjong) an instance of drawing the fourth tile of one's pung
  2. the hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit साहस (sāhasa, “rashness”). Compare gahasa.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /saˈɡasaʔ/ [sɐˈɣa.sɐʔ] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -asaʔ
    • IPA(key): /saɡaˈsaʔ/ [sɐ.ɣɐˈsaʔ] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: sa‧ga‧sa

Noun

sagasà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜐ)

  1. running over (with a vehicle)
    Synonym: pagsagasa
  2. (figurative) going through of adversity with determination (such as difficulties, storm, flood, etc.)

Derived terms
  • isagasa
  • masagasa
  • masagasaan
  • pagsagasa
  • pasagasa
  • pasagasaaan
  • sagasaan
  • sagasain
  • sumagasa

See also

Adjective

sagasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜐ)

  1. reckless; rash
    Synonyms: mapusok, pabigla-bigla, padaskol-daskol, walang-taros
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