kinig
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˈniɡ/ [kɪˈn̪ɪɡ̚]
- Rhymes: -iɡ
- Syllabification: ki‧nig
Etymology 1
From Proto-Austronesian *kiŋəʀ (“to hear”).
Noun
kiníg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔)
Alternative forms
- cqinig, quinig, quinyig — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
kiníg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔) (now dialectal, Bulacan)
Usage notes
- In Manila Tagalog, nginig is used instead, including its compounds.
Alternative forms
- nginig — common
- quinig — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Derived terms
- kinigin
- kuminig
- kuminig-kinig
- manginig
- nginigin
- pakinig-kinig
- panginginig
See also
Further reading
- “kinig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kiŋeR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL