hintay

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Alternative forms

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)

  1. act of waiting (for a person or thing)
    Synonyms: antay, antabay
  2. person or thing being awaited or expected to come
    Synonym: hinihintay

Derived terms

Interjection

hintáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)

  1. wait! wait a minute!
    Synonyms: teka, sandali, temuna, (Rizal) hingka, (Bataan, Nueva Ecija, plural) tekayo, (colloquial) weyt

References

  1. ^ Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 165
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hintay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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