aringkin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• arinquin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• aringking
• akingking
• arinkin — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾiŋˈkin/ [ʔɐ.ɾɪŋˈkin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: a‧ring‧kin

Noun

aringkín (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. somersault; falling head over heels

   Synonyms: tumbalik, pagtutumbalik, pagsisirko, pagbabaligtad

2. sudden turning and falling (as of a person suddenly attacked by severe pain)

   Synonyms: pagkatumba, pagkahulog

Derived terms

• mag-aringkin
• umaringkin

 

Further reading

• “aringkin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 52.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier