pahinante

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish fajinante / faginante (“worker; porter”), from fajina (“work”) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pahiˈnante/ [pɐ.hɪˈn̪an̪.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: pa‧hi‧nan‧te

Noun

pahinante (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. unskilled laborer or porter; stevedore
  2. game master; route guide for parading musicians during fiestas

Descendants

  • → Philippine Spanish: paginante

Further reading

  • “pahinante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 752
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 274
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