pahinante

Tagalog

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish fajinante (“worker”), from fajina (“work”) +‎ -ante. See also Spanish paginante.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pahiˈnante/ [pɐ.hɪˈnaːn.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: pa‧hi‧nan‧te

Noun

pahinante (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. unskilled laborer or porter; stevedore
2. game master; route guide for parading musicians during fiestas

Further reading

• “pahinante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 752
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 274