rigay
rigay
adj.; stative v.
Semantic note
Rigay describes departure from vertical alignment. The object may remain stable and need not be falling or pivoting.
Compare
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towaw — tilted or seesawing because weight is unevenly distributed.
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paryo — level or even.
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taxaytay — arranged in orderly alignment.
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rigay: describes the state or condition of a free-standing object or structure being tilted or slanted or being out of plumb.
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tagilid: describes the condition of an object or person leaning or tilting to one side as a balance issue or resting on its side
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tagiliran: refers to the left or right outside part of a person, animal, or object, or a position to the left or right of a central point.
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waring: describes wearables being improperly worn, such as footwear on the wrong foot or a shirt with its frontside on the back; does not describe “baliktad” which is wearing clothes inside out.
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balik: to turn over or flip on the opposite side an object or wear clothes inside out; return something to its rightful place or owner; or revisit an idea/subject OR return/double back
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sowi': someone/object hanging from its feet or base upside down from its normal or usual positioni
see: sanlig
| Boie’nen | Concrete schema | Abstract implication |
| rigay | leaning from the upright | bias; departure from right order |
| towaw | tilting under unequal loading | one-sidedness; disproportion |
| olay | actively counterbalancing loads | equity; compensatory balance |
| karis | removing excess to a fixed measure | fair and standardized measurement |
| paryo | equal or level | equality and parity |
| angay | appropriate or fitting | proportionality; what is due |
| osay | restoring proper order | rectification |
| taxaytay | orderly alignment | systemic order |
| e-tay | tension maintained between supports | equilibrium within opposing forces |