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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k<al>iŋkiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiŋkiŋ. Compare Asi kamayingking, Aklanon kumaeengking, Cebuano kumayingking, Hiligaynon kamalingking, Waray-Waray kamuyingking, Yakan kingking, Maguindanao kingking, Tausug kingking, Indonesian kelingking, Malay kelengkeng, Old Javanese kaliṅkiṅan, and Tok Pisin kilikili. By surface analysis, *kalingking + -an, the root from *kingking + *-al-. (cf. Malay -el- infix).
Pronunciation
Noun
kálingkíngan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜅᜈ᜔)
- (anatomy) little finger or little toe; pinky
- Synonym: hinliliit
- (figurative) bound; boundary; confine; limit
2016, owwSIC, That Promdi Girl: Book 3, page 45:Kumpara sa'yo, 'yang hinanakit mo, wala pa sa kalingkingan ng mga hinanakit na naranasan ko.- Compared to you, that hurt in you, it's not yet at the bounds of the hurt I experienced.
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Further reading
- “kalingkingan”, 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
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 219: “Dedo) Calingcqing̃an (pp) q̃ llamanos meñique”