Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#IBIG *ibəʀ (“saliva in the mouth; drool; desire; crave; lust for”). Cognates with Pangasinan ibeg (“covet, desire, fall in love with”), Kapampangan ibug (“corporal desires; appetite, crave, lust, fall in love with”), Hanunoo ibog (“liking; desire; wish; love”), Cebuano ibog (“attracted, craving for”), Tboli iwol (“saliva, drool over, desire”), Tausug ibug (“envy”), Malagasy ivy (“saliva”), and Tongan ifo (“saliva, tasty”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔibiɡ/ [ˈʔiː.bɪɡ̚]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#IBIG
• Rhymes: -ibiɡCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ibiɡ#IBIGCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ibiɡ/2 syllables#IBIG
• Syllabification: i‧bigCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#IBIG

Noun

ibig (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜄ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#IBIGCategory:Tagalog nouns#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#IBIGCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#IBIGCategory:Pages with entries#IBIGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#IBIG

1. want; desire; like; wish

   Synonyms: gusto, nais, nasa, hangad, mithi

2. choice; preference

   Synonym: kagustuhan

3. purpose; objective

   Synonyms: layon, layunin, mithi, mithiin, adhika, adhikain

   Ang ibig ko lang sa pagparito ay magdala ng pagkain.

   My only purpose of coming here is to bring food.

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4. loved one; beloved; darling; sweetheart

   Synonyms: sinta, mahal, irog, giliw

5. love; attraction; fondness

   Synonyms: pag-ibig, mahal, pagmamahal, sinta, pagsinta, irog, pag-irog, giliw, paggiliw, pagkasi, pagsuyo, pagliyag

Verb

ibig (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜄ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#IBIGCategory:Tagalog verbs#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#IBIGCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#IBIGCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#IBIGCategory:Pages with entries#IBIGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#IBIG

1. (pseudoverb) to want; to like

   Synonyms: gusto, nais

   Ibig kong malaman kung saan nakatira si G. Dela Cruz.

   I want to know where Mr. Dela Cruz lives.

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   Ano ang ibig mong sabihin?

   What do you mean?

   (literally, “What do you want to say?”)

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Further reading

• “ibig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ibeR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• igib