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Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Ilocano ngilin, Pangasinan ngilin, and Kapampangan pangilin.
Pronunciation
Noun
ngilin (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)
- abstinence from something prohibited
- Synonyms: pangilin, pangingilin, abstinensiya, bihilya, kulasyon, abstensiyon, kolasyon
- (obsolete) celebration of the Sunday festivals or the vigil
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ngilín (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)
- twist; curl
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ngilin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “ngilin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 867.
- 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 609: “Zelebrar) Ng̃ilin (pp) fieſta domingo o vigilia”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 330