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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay intai (“prying; watching secretly”),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hintay (“to wait for; to spy on”).[2] Also possibly from hin- + antay, with elision of the first syllable of the root. Compare Malay intai, Iban intai, Toba Batak inte, Old Javanese inte / intay, Balinese inte, Sasak inte.
Pronunciation
Noun
hintáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- act of waiting (for a person or thing)
- Synonyms: antay, antabay
- person or thing being awaited or expected to come
- Synonym: hinihintay
Derived terms
Interjection
hintáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- wait! wait a minute!
- Synonyms: teka, sandali, temuna, (Rizal) hingka, (Bataan, Nueva Ecija, plural) tekayo
References
- ^ Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 165
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hintay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI