hinuhod

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hinohor — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• hinuhor — obsolete

Etymology

From hin- +‎ tuhod (“knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈnuhod/ [hɪˈn̪uː.hod̪̚]
• Rhymes: -uhod
• Syllabification: hi‧nu‧hod

Noun

hinuhod (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜓᜑᜓᜇ᜔)

1. acquiescence; complacency; letting someone do as one wants (even if initially unwanted, to avoid more fuss or arguments)

   Synonyms: pagbigay, bigay, pabaya, haya

2. (by extension) assent; allowing; permitting

   Synonyms: payag, sang-ayon

Derived terms

• ipahinuhod
• magpahinuhod
• magpahinuhuran
• mahinuhurin
• mapahinuhod
• pagpapahinuhod
• pahinuhod
• pahinuhuran
• pahinuhurin
• pumahinuhod

 

See also

• bahala ka
• konsenti

 

Further reading

• “hinuhod” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “hinuhod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 159