Tigom

savings; to save money; accumulateverb / noun

Alternative meanings

Savings or the act of saving money; also to accumulate, gather, or collect money, resources, data, or things little by little.

Pronunciation

TEE-gohm

Root and affixes

Root tigom, to gather or collect. Related forms: pagtigom, the act of accumulating or gathering; natigom, accumulated; tinigom, savings or what has been gathered.

Variants or conjugations

pagtigom; natigom; tinigom; tigoman; kolekta; tipon

Related words and expressions

money; data; group; collection; store

Meaning and usage notes

For the noun savings, tinigom can sound very natural: what has been saved or gathered. Tigom works as the root for saving/accumulating.