hininga

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiniˈŋa/ [hɪ.nɪˈŋa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: hi‧ni‧nga

Etymology 1

From hinga +‎ -in-, literally “thing breathed”.

Noun

hiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

  1. breath; respiration
  2. (colloquial) life
    Synonym: buhay
  3. (figurative) feeling; sense of feeling
    Synonym: damdamin
Derived terms
  • buntonghininga
  • ipagbuntonghininga
  • magbuntonghininga
  • malahininga
  • pagbubuntonghininga
  • pagkamalahininga

Verb

hiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

  1. complete aspect of hingahin
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for hininga
Affix Root word Trigger
-in
ᜒᜈ᜔		 hinga
ᜑᜒᜅ		 object
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative
hingahin
ᜑᜒᜅᜑᜒᜈ᜔		 hininga
ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ		 hinihinga
ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜑᜒᜅ
inahinga1
ᜁᜈᜑᜒᜅ		 hihingahin
ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜅᜑᜒᜈ᜔
ahingahin1
ᜀᜑᜒᜅᜑᜒᜈ᜔		 hingahin
ᜑᜒᜅᜑᜒᜈ᜔
hinga1
ᜑᜒᜅ
hingaha1
ᜑᜒᜅᜑ
1 Dialectal use only.

Etymology 2

From hin- +‎ tinga.

Noun

hiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

  1. picking of one's tooth (to remove foreign matter with a toothpick, etc.)
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “hininga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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