kalasagin ang hiya

Literally, “to use one's shame as a shield”.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kalaˌsaɡin ʔaŋ hiˈaʔ/ [kɐ.lɐˌsaː.ɣɪn̪ ʔɐŋ ˈhjaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): /kalasaˌɡin ʔaŋ hiˈaʔ/ [kɐ.lɐ.sɐˌɣɪn̪ ʔɐŋ ˈhjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧sa‧gin ang hi‧ya

kalasagin ang hiyâ or kalasagín ang hiyâ (complete kinalasag ang hiya, progressive kinakalasag ang hiya, contemplative kakalasagin ang hiya, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜐᜄᜒᜈ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜌ) (idiomatic, obsolete)

1. to have no shame in one's actions or words

• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 431
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.