buntonghininga
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bontonghining̃a – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- buntong-hininga – common, proscribed
- buntung-hininga
- buntunghininga
Etymology
From bunton + hininga, but some linguists think that the first component should be bunto.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bun‧tong‧hi‧ni‧nga
- IPA(key): /bunˌtoŋhiniˈŋa/, [bʊnˌtoŋ.hɪ.nɪˈŋa]
Noun
buntónghiningá
- sigh
- Synonyms: himutok, paghihimutok, hinagpis, paghihinagpis, pagbubuntonghininga
Derived terms
- ipagbuntonghininga
- magbuntonghininga
- pagbubuntonghininga
Further reading
- “buntonghininga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018