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Verb
hinga
- to drive
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *siŋa (compare with Hawaiian hina, Tongan hinga, Tahitian hiʻa)
Verb
hinga
- to fall, to tumble
- to slant, to tilt
- to lose
Noun
hinga
- loss, defeat
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 730
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “siga.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Further reading
- “hinga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Niuean
Noun
hinga
- name
Rapa Nui
Verb
hinga
- fall
Rwanda-Rundi
Verb
-hînga (infinitive guhînga, perfective -hînze)
- cultivate, plow
- Synonym: -rima
Derived terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiˈŋa/,
- Hyphenation: hi‧nga
Noun
hingá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜅ)
- breathing; respiration
- Synonym: paghinga
- breath; air breathed out
- Synonym: hininga
- (colloquial) act of venting one's hurt feelings, etc.
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
hingá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜅ)
- no longer fresh (of radishes)
See also
Further reading
- “hinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018