Meaning of tíghok

tíghok

Hiligaynon

Shortness of breathing, respiratory difficulties, asthma, dyspnoea, apnoea; to be asthmatic, breathe with difficulty, to wheeze and cough, as those that are in an advanced state of consumption. Nagatíghok na si Fuláno. N.N. breathes with difficulty now. Ginatíghok siá. He is suffering from asthma. (see hápò, hímpok).