buntonghininga
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- bontonghining̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- buntong-hininga — common, proscribed
- buntung-hininga
- buntunghininga
Etymology[edit]
From bunton (“heap”) + hininga (“breath”), but some linguists think that the first component should be bunto (“vent out”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buntónghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)
- sigh
- Synonyms: himutok, paghihimutok, hinagpis, paghihinagpis, pagbubuntonghininga
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “buntonghininga” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “buntonghininga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 171.