This is an archaic Tagalog word found in the Philippine literary classics like Florante at Laura and Ibong Adarna.
root word: niig
pagniniig: private conversation between two people
pagniniig
tête-à-tête
tête-à-tête
pagniniig may-asawa
talk between a married couple
pakikipagniig sa aking musa
conversing with my muse
hanggang sa muli nating pagniniig
until our next conversation
nagniig
naniniig
taking one’s time
(as though in casual conversation)
naniniig sa pagkagulaylay
taking one’s time while one is exhausted/impotent
Ang kaniig ay isang taong kinakausap nang matalik.
