tagipanglaw
tagipangláw with stress marks
yearning; feeling of loneliness
Usage Note
Tagipanglaw captures a profound sense of loneliness and yearning, often connected to missing someone or something deeply loved. It is a literary term that expresses a kind of aching solitude, and appears frequently in traditional Filipino poetry and songs about homesickness or lost love.
Examples
" May tagipanglaw ako ngayon. "
Natural Translation
I feel a sense of loneliness today.
Literal Translation
Has loneliness I now.
" Ang tagipanglaw sa gabi ay mahirap. "
Natural Translation
The feeling of loneliness at night is difficult.
Literal Translation
The loneliness at night is difficult.
" Tuwing malayo siya sa kanyang pamilya, dinaramdam niya ang tagipanglaw na hindi mapawi ng anumang aliw. "
Natural Translation
Whenever he is far from his family, he feels a yearning loneliness that no comfort can take away.
Literal Translation
At every far he from his family, feels he the loneliness that not can-erase of any comfort.
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