Ginu

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

  • Guinu
  • Guino

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Tagalog ginoo Bikol Central ginoo, Cebuano ginoo. Also possibly related to Sanskrit नु (nu, “praise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪˈnu/ [ɡɪˈnu]
  • Hyphenation: Gi‧nu

Proper noun

Ginu

  1. a deity; a god
  2. (archaic) lady of rank
  3. (historical) lord; noble from the ruling class
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