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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from hin- + dato, with an initial reduplication of dato and a sound shift from /d/ to /l/. Compare Kapampangan taliring datu, and Yakan datu'-datu'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hinlaˈlatoʔ/, (obsolete)
- Hyphenation: hin‧la‧la‧to
Noun
hinlalatô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜆᜓ)
- (anatomy) middle finger; middle toe
- Synonyms: hinggigitna, dato, daliring dato
- middle finger part of a glove or mitten
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Further reading
- “hinlalato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog, Manila, page 180: “DEDO. m. Dalírî”.