panghininga

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• panhining̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

panghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ) (obsolete)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: palito, tutpik

References

• 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