panghininga
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- panhining̃a – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
From pang- (“instrumentative prefix”) + hininga (“picking of tooth”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga
- IPA(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/, [pɐŋ.hɪ.nɪˈŋa]
Noun
panghininga (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)
- (obsolete) toothpick
- Synonyms: palito, tutpik
References
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier