hintay
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- intay
Etymology
From Malay intai (“prying; watching secretly”),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hintay (“to wait for; to spy on”).[2] Also possibly from hin- + antay, with elision of the first syllable of the root. Compare Malay intai, Iban intai, Toba Batak inte, Old Javanese inte / intay, Balinese inte, Sasak inte.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hin‧tay
- IPA(key): /hinˈtaj/, [hɪnˈtaɪ̯]
Noun
hintáy
- act of waiting (for a person or thing)
- Synonyms: antay, antabay
- person or thing being awaited or expected to come
- Synonym: hinihintay
Derived terms
- hintayan
- hintayin
- maghintay
- maghintayan
- magpahintay
- maipaghihintay
- makapaghihintay
- paghihintay
- papaghintayin
- tayka
- teka
- temuna
Interjection
hintáy
- wait! wait a minute!
- Synonym: teka
References
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 165
- Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary