buntonghininga

• bontonghining̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• buntong-hininga — common, proscribed
• buntung-hininga
• buntunghininga

From bunton (“heap”) +‎ hininga (“breath”), but some linguists think that the first component should be bunto (“vent out”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bunˌtoŋhiniˈŋa/ [bʊn̪ˌt̪oŋ.hɪ.n̪ɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bun‧tong‧hi‧ni‧nga

buntónghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

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   Synonyms: himutok, paghihimutok, hinagpis, paghihinagpis, pagbubuntonghininga

• “buntonghininga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “buntonghininga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 171.