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Tagalog
Etymology
From hin- + tuhod (“knee”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hinuhod (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜓᜑᜓᜇ᜔)
- acquiescence; complacency; letting someone do as one wants (even if initially unwanted, to avoid more fuss or arguments)
- Synonyms: pagbigay, bigay, pabaya, haya
- (by extension) assent; allowing; permitting
- Synonyms: payag, sang-ayon
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Further reading
- “hinuhod”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “hinuhod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 159