"bigha" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /biɡˈhaʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bɪɡ̠ˈhaʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: bighâ [canonical], ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás Sanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.? Tagalog bigha Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”). Compare Kapampangan biga. Possible doublet of magha. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor<unc>|sa:मेघ<t:cloud>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás Sanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.? Tagalog bigha [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "cloud", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cloud", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "fog", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃meygʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "possessive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-Iranian", "term" : "*Hmaygʰás", "lang" : "iir-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Sanskrit", "term" : "मेघ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sa" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "bigha", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="bigha"> Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”)., {{cog|pam|biga}} Kapampangan biga, {{dbt|tl|magha|nocap=1}} doublet of magha, {{ety|tl|:bor<unc>|sa:मेघ<t:cloud>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás Sanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.? Tagalog bigha Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”). Head templates: {{tl-noun|bighâ|b=+}} bighâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑ)
  1. (astronomy) nebula Synonyms: ulanag
    Sense id: en-bigha-tl-noun-FtdCMtZm Categories (other): Astronomy, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 84 16 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 84 16 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 79 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 84 16 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation: 70 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 87 13 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (obsolete) cloud Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bigha-tl-noun-VmgQELdT
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      "*h₃meygʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meygʰ-#Proto-Indo-European:_fog"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_possessive"
    ],
    [
      "*Hmaygʰás",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hmaygʰás#Proto-Indo-Iranian:_cloud"
    ],
    [
      "मेघ",
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    ],
    [
      "मेघ",
      "मेघ#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "biga",
      "biga#Kapampangan"
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      "magha",
      "magha#Tagalog"
    ]
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      },
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      "name": "ety"
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      "name": "ety"
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás\nSanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.?\nTagalog bigha\nPossibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”). Compare Kapampangan biga. Possible doublet of magha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighâ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "bighâ",
        "b": "+"
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      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "big‧ha"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "big‧ha"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "tl:Astronomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
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          "name": "Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nebula"
      ],
      "id": "en-bigha-tl-noun-FtdCMtZm",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "nebula",
          "nebula"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) nebula"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ulanag"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "cloud"
      ],
      "id": "en-bigha-tl-noun-VmgQELdT",
      "links": [
        [
          "cloud",
          "cloud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) cloud"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/biɡˈhaʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɪɡ̠ˈhaʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bigha"
}
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
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    "Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔ/2 syllables",
    "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
    "Tagalog doublets",
    "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
    "Tagalog entries with etymology trees",
    "Tagalog entries with etymon",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Tagalog terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃meygʰ-",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
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      "*h₃meygʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meygʰ-#Proto-Indo-European:_fog"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_possessive"
    ],
    [
      "*Hmaygʰás",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hmaygʰás#Proto-Indo-Iranian:_cloud"
    ],
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      "मेघ",
      "मेघ#Sanskrit"
    ],
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      "मेघ",
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      "biga#Kapampangan"
    ],
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      "magha",
      "magha#Tagalog"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": ":bor<unc>",
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        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás\nSanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.?\nTagalog bigha\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"cloud\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"cloud\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"fog\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₃meygʰ-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"possessive\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-Iranian\", \"term\" : \"*Hmaygʰás\", \"lang\" : \"iir-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Sanskrit\", \"term\" : \"मेघ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"sa\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Tagalog\", \"term\" : \"bigha\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tl\" }\" data-lang=\"tl\" data-title=\"bigha\">\nPossibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).",
      "name": "ety"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás\nSanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.?\nTagalog bigha\nPossibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás\nSanskrit मेघ (megha)bor.?\nTagalog bigha\nPossibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”). Compare Kapampangan biga. Possible doublet of magha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighâ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bighâ",
        "b": "+"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "big‧ha"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "big‧ha"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "tl:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nebula"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "nebula",
          "nebula"
        ]
      ],
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        "(astronomy) nebula"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ulanag"
        }
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "cloud"
      ],
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) cloud"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/biɡˈhaʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɪɡ̠ˈhaʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bigha"
}

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