panghininga

Hanunoo

Etymology

From pang- +‎ hininga (“picking of one's teeth”), ultimately from tinga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/ [pɐŋ.hi.niˈŋa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga

Noun

panghiningá (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜥ᜴ᜱᜲᜨᜲᜥ)

  1. toothpick made of bamboo or wood

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 213

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pang- (instrumentative prefix) +‎ hininga (“picking of tooth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/ [pɐŋ.hɪ.n̪ɪˈŋa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga

Noun

panghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

  1. toothpick
    Synonyms: palito, tutpik, (obsolete) palyo

References

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