sigwada

• siguada — Spanish-based orthography

Possibly from sigwa + Spanish -ada.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siɡˈwada/ [sɪɡˈwa.dɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: sig‧wa‧da

sigwada (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜇ)

1. heavy, continuous rain
2. big waves with strong wind

   Synonyms: unos, daluyong

3. (figuratively) wave (unusually large and sudden amount of something)
   • 2022 May 7, Danilo Garcia, “Huling kampanya ng mga presidentiables, todo na!”, in Philstar.com‎, retrieved 2022-11-23:

     Itotodo na ng mga presidentiables at kanilang tiket ang huling sigwada ng kampanya sa pagkakasa ng kani-kanilang inaabangang ‘miting de avance’ sa mga balwarte na inaasahang dudumugin ng libu-libong mga tagasuporta.

     The presidentiables and their tickets will maximize the final wave of the campaign in locking of their awaited ‘miting de avance’ at [their] bulwarks which is expected to be crowded by thousands of supporters.

   • 2020 May 20, Frederick Cabalbag, Frederick Cabalbag, “5M+ NA ANG MAY COVID-19; 3RD WAVE KUMAKAWAY NA?”, in REMATE ONLINE‎, archived from the original on 23 November 2022:

     Ayon kay Health Secretary Duque, matagal nang natapos ang First Wave o unang sigwada na nagsimula sa pagdating ng tatlong Chinese national noong Enero 2020 na nagpositibo ngunit maliit lang na sigwada iyon na humawa ng ilang daan.

     According to Health Secretary Duque, [the First Wave] has long ended which started from the arrival of three Chinese nationals last 2020 that marked positive but that is only a little wave that infected a few hundreds.

• sigwa