Tinggian

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Tinguian — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Tinggiyan

Etymology

Possibly from *tinggi +‎ -an. Compare Malay tinggi (“high; elevated”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiŋˈɡiʔan/
- Rhymes: -iʔan
(Northern Luzon) IPA^(key): /ˌtiŋɡiˈan/
- Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: Ting‧gi‧an

Proper noun

Tinggian or Tínggián (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜀᜈ᜔ or ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

Synonym of Itneg (people)^[1]
(historical) mountain dwellers near the area of modern San Pablo, Laguna, Nagcarlan, Laguna, and Lucena, Quezon (likely referring to the area near Mount Banahaw)^[2]

References

^ “Tinggian”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
^ Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot

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