pasigayon

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ si- +‎ gayon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasiɡaˈjon/ [pɐ.sɪ.ɣɐˈjon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pa‧si‧ga‧yon

Noun

pasigayón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜒᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) cessation from doing some work
2. (obsolete) act of pretending to not know

Derived terms

• magpasigayon
• pagpasigayunan

 

Related terms

• pasigumayon

 

Further reading

• “pasigayon”, 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