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Hanunoo
Etymology
From pang- + hininga (“picking of one's teeth”), ultimately from tinga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga
Noun
panghiningá (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜥ᜴ᜱᜲᜨᜲᜥ)
- toothpick made of bamboo or wood
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 213
Tagalog
Etymology
From pang- (instrumentative prefix) + hininga (“picking of tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
panghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)
- toothpick
- Synonyms: palito, tutpik, (obsolete) palyo
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