hing-

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See also: hing and Hing

Cebuano

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Prefix

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hing-

  1. denotes inclination, habit or propensity

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hin-, from Proto-Austronesian *Sin-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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hing- (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜅ᜔) (no longer productive)

  1. prefix indicating removal or cleaning
    hing- + ‎kuto (louse) → ‎hinguto (to remove lice (from hair or fur))
  2. prefix indicating state or condition
    hi- + ‎ganti (return, reward) → ‎higanti (revenge)
    him- + ‎pasok (to enter, go in) → ‎himasok (to meddle, interfere)
    him- + ‎patay (dead, to kill) → ‎himatay (to lose consciousness, faint)
    hin- + ‎sakit (sickness, pain) (with CV- reduplication) → ‎hinanakit (grudge, ill will)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sin-”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI