kahihinatnan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cahihinatnan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kakahinatnan — informal
• kahihinatingan — obsolete

Etymology

From earlier *kahihinatngan, syncopic form of kahihinatingan, from hinating (“arriving little by little”) +‎ ka- -an, with first syllable reduplication, with the stem from hin- +‎ dating.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kahihinatˈnan/ [kɐ.hɪ.hɪ.nɐtˈnan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧hi‧hi‧nat‧nan

Noun

kahihinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)

1. destiny, fate, ending, especially of a long journey, process, or discussion

   Synonyms: kahahantungan, kalalabasan, kauuwian, patutunguhan, pupuntahan, ikabubunga, kararatnan

Verb

kahihinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)

1. contemplative aspect of kahinatnan

Further reading

• “kahihinatnan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 214.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier