EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to look around repeatedly...
to have someone look for; to point out...
to have someone killed...
Pang-uri
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/mag-pa-LI-ngun-LI-ngon/
FIL: Ang paulit-ulit na pagtingin sa paligid, partikular sa likuran, na parang may hinahanap o tinitiyak.
EN: to look around repeatedly
That thing you do when you're walking alone at night in a dark alley and you hear a random noise. Or when you're waiting for your Grab but you're not sure which direction it's coming from. It's the 'paranoid look', the 'lost tourist look', or the 'looking for a chismosa neighbor look' all rolled into one.
From `magpa-` and the reduplicated root `lingon` (to look back).
The repetition in `lingun-lingon` implies a continuous, repeated, or anxious action of looking around, especially behind.
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🇵🇭 Huwag kang magpalingun-lingon para hindi halatang may tinataguan ka.
🇺🇸 Don't keep looking around so it's not obvious you're hiding from someone.
🇵🇭 Siya ay nagpalingun-lingon sa paghahanap ng pamilyar na mukha sa gitna ng maraming tao.
🇺🇸 She looked around repeatedly, searching for a familiar face in the middle of the crowd.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.