hinsa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hinchar, from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hinˈsa/ [hɪn̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: hin‧sa

Noun

hinsá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ) (obsolete)

1. act of puffing up with air; inflation

Derived terms

• huminsa
• ihinsa
• magsihinsa

 

See also

• hihip
• lobo
• supla

 

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 353: “Hinchar) Hinſa (pp) C. como haçen los muchachos para que les den ſopapos”

Anagrams

• sanhi, ihsan, hinas