Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from hin- +‎ dato, with an initial reduplication of dato and a sound shift from /d/ to /l/. Compare Kapampangan taliring datu, and Yakan datu'-datu'.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hinlalaˈtoʔ/, [hɪn.lɐ.lɐˈtoʔ]

  • IPA(key): /hinlaˈlatoʔ/, [hɪn.lɐˈla.toʔ] (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: hin‧la‧la‧to

Noun edit

hinlalatô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜆᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) middle finger; middle toe
    Synonyms: hinggigitna, dato, daliring dato
  2. middle finger part of a glove or mitten

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See also edit

Further reading edit

  • hinlalato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog[1], Manila, page 180:DEDO. m. Dalírî.