EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
continuous; incessant; non-stop...
to stay temporarily; to lodge...
to return; to be restored...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
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FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang gawain na tuloy-tuloy, walang patid, o paulit-ulit na ginagawa.
EN: continuous; incessant; non-stop
This is the cousin of "sige nang sige". If your chismosa tita's questioning about your love life is sigi-sige, it means she just won't stop. It's the non-stop notifications from your Shopee app during a 12.12 sale. It's persistent, sometimes to the point of being annoying.
Reduplication of "sige", which is from Spanish "sigue" (it follows / continue).
ROOT MEANING: okay
Often implies a continuous action that can be either positive (like continuous work) or negative (like incessant nagging). Can also function as an adverb.
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🇵🇭 Sigi-sige ang buhos ng ulan kaya bumaha sa aming lugar.
🇺🇸 The rain was incessant, which caused flooding in our area.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa sigi-sige niyang pag-aaral, nakakuha siya ng mataas na marka.
🇺🇸 Because of his continuous studying, he got high grades.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.