tainga
Pangutaran Sama
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun
tainga
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- taenga, taynga, tenga — colloquial
- tahinga — dialectal, Rizal
- taing̃a, taying̃a, tayng̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- tayinga — obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa. Compare Ilocano talinga, Kapampangan talinga, Cebuano talinga, Maranao tangila, Tausug taynga, and Malay telinga.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /taiˈŋa/ [t̪ɐ.ɪˈŋa], (colloquial) /ˈteŋa/ [ˈt̪ɛː.ŋɐ]
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /taˈʔiŋa/ [t̪ɐˈʔiː.ŋɐ] (dated)
- Rhymes: -iŋa
- IPA(key): /taiˈŋa/ [t̪ɐ.ɪˈŋa], (colloquial) /ˈteŋa/ [ˈt̪ɛː.ŋɐ]
- Syllabification: ta‧i‧nga
Noun
taingá or tainga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅ or ᜆᜁᜅ)
- (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
- handle shaped like an ear (of a jar, pitcher, box, etc.)
- Synonym: hawakan
- (anatomy) hangnail
- Synonyms: taingang-daga, (Marinduque) dayurayo
Derived terms
- abot-tainga
- kabibeng-tainga
- mahina ang tainga
- manainga
- masakit sa tainga
- may tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita
- medikong-tainga
- panainga
- puting-tainga
- salamin ng tainga
- sarhan ang tainga
- taingambabuy
- taingambuhay
- taingang-daga
- taingang-kawali
- takpan ang tainga
Further reading
- “tainga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “tainga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 80: “Aſa) Taying̃a (pp) de jarro carahat de dos aſas, vde otra coſa, metaf) de taying̃a, que es oreja, por q̃ las alas parecen orejas por eſtar a los la dos”
- page 455: “Oreja) Taying̃a (pp) de hombre de animal de jarro o de otra coſa”
- page 458: “Oyr) Taying̃a (pp) con el oydo atẽto”
- page 458: “Padraſtro) Taying̃anangcoco [(pc)] duo dici, coco, taying̃a . |. orejas de las vñas”