hinsa
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hinchar, from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hinˈsa/ [hɪn̪ˈsa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: hin‧sa
Noun
hinsá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ) (obsolete)
- act of puffing up with air; inflation
Derived terms
- huminsa
- ihinsa
- magsihinsa
See also
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 353: “Hinchar) Hinſa (pp) C. como haçen los muchachos para que les den ſopapos”