pangingilin

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ ngilin with initial reduplication. Possibly also from pang- + *ilin with initial reduplication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋiˈŋilin/, [pɐ.ŋɪˈŋi.lɪn] (noun:pracrice of abstinence)

• IPA^(key): /paŋiŋiˈlin/, [pɐ.ŋɪ.ŋɪˈlin] (noun:twisting)
• Hyphenation: pa‧ngi‧ngi‧lin

Noun

pangingilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. practice or habit of abstinence

   Synonym: abstinensiya

Noun

pangingilín (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. twisting; curling

Further reading

• “pangingilin” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “pangingilin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 867.