lawing-ginoo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lauinginoo, lauing guinoo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From lawin (“hawk”) +‎ -g- +‎ ginoo (“lady; noble”), literally “lady of the hawks”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlawiŋ ɡinoˈʔo/ [ˌla.wɪŋ ɡɪ.noˈʔo] (modern pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˌlawiŋ ɡiˈnoʔo/ [ˌla.wɪŋ ɡɪˈno.ʔo]
    • Rhymes: -oʔo
• Syllabification: la‧wing-gi‧no‧o

Noun

lawing-ginoó or lawing-ginoo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ) (obsolete)

1. bird of prey; eagle

   Synonym: ibong mandaragit

   Ang lawing-ginoo'y tungmitingin mandin sa araw, tanghali mang tapat at kaniyang tinititigan.

   The bird of prey really looks at the sun, even if it's straight up noon, and stares at it.

Further reading

• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 31: “Agila) Lavin ginoo (pp) ave ſeñora de las aues de rapiña”