hinlalato

Tagalog

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /hinlalaˈtoʔ/ [hɪn̪.lɐ.lɐˈt̪oʔ]
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /hinlaˈlatoʔ/ [hɪn̪.lɐˈlaː.t̪oʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: hin‧la‧la‧to

Noun

hinlalatô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜆᜓ)

1. (anatomy) middle finger; middle toe

   Synonyms: hinggigitna, dato, daliring dato

2. middle finger part of a glove or mitten

Coordinate terms

• hinlalaki
• hintuturo
• palasingsingan
• hinliliit
• kalingkingan

 

See also

• daliri

Further reading

• “hinlalato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog‎^[1], Manila, page 180: “DEDO. m. Dalírî”.
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 116