hinga
Herero
Verb
hinga
- to drive
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *siŋa (compare with Hawaiian hina, Tongan hinga, Tahitian hiʻa)[1][2]
Verb
hinga
Noun
hinga
Derived terms
- whakahinga
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 730
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “siga.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Further reading
- “hinga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Niuean
Noun
hinga
Rapa Nui
Verb
hinga
Rwanda-Rundi
Verb
-hînga (infinitive guhînga, perfective -hînze)
Derived terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- hing͂a — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈŋa/ [hɪˈŋa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: hi‧nga
Noun
hingá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜅ)
- breathing; respiration
- Synonym: paghinga
- breath; air breathed out
- Synonym: hininga
- (colloquial) act of venting one's hurt feelings, etc.
Derived terms
- araw ng pahinga
- buntonghininga
- hininga
- hingahan
- hingahin
- huminga
- ipagbuntonghininga
- kahingahan
- magbuntonghininga
- magpahinga
- malahininga
- mamahinga
- pagbubuntonghininga
- paghinga
- pagkamalahininga
- pagpahingahin
- pagpapahinga
- pahinga
- pahingahan
- pamamahinga
- silid-pahingahan
- walang-hinga
- walang-pahinga
See also
Adjective
hingá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜅ)
See also
Further reading
- “hinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018