panihala

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly short for panibahala, from pani- +‎ bahala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paniˈhalaʔ/ [pɐ.n̪ɪˈhaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ni‧ha‧la

Noun

panihalà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜒᜑᜎ)

1. proper handling or management to maintain order; disposition (arrangement or placement of certain things)

   Synonyms: pamamahala, pangangasiwa, pangangalaga

2. responsibility

   Synonyms: pamamahala, responsibilidad, pananagutan

3. thoughts or opinion about something being discussed

   Synonyms: haka-haka, palagay, kuro-kuro, opinyon

4. suggestion; proposition (in a meeting)

   Synonyms: mungkahi, panukala

5. (obsolete) decision; order

   Synonyms: pasiya, kapasiyahan, kautusan

6. (obsolete) suspicion; assumption; caution

   Synonyms: hinala, hawo, haka, sospetsa, (obsolete) hana-hana

Derived terms

• magpanihala
• pagpanihalaan
• pamamanihala
• pamanihalaan
• panihalain
• tagapamanihala

Related terms

• manihala

See also

• bahala
• hagap
• hinala
• taboy

Further reading

• “panihala”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “panihala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1004
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.