tigmamanok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • tigmamanoc, tigmamanocqin, tigmamanucqin, tigmamanoquin, tigmamanuquinobsolete, Spanish-based spelling
  • tigmamanukan, tigmamanukin

Etymology

Compare manok.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiɡmamaˈnok/ [t̪ɪɡ.mɐ.mɐˈn̪ok̚]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: tig‧ma‧ma‧nok

Noun

tigmamanók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. (ornithology, mythology, archaic) Philippine fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra), considered to be a folkloric bird whose song is inspiration for an ancient incantation song and is believed to be ominous when it sings, by which divinations and prognostications are made by the superstitious

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