tainga
Pangutaran Sama edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun edit
tainga
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- taenga, taynga, tenga — colloquial
- tahinga — dialectal, Rizal
- taing̃a, taying̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- tayinga — obsolete
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa. Compare Ilocano talinga, Cebuano talinga, Maranao tangila, Tausug taynga, and Malay telinga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tainga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ)
- (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
- handle shaped like an ear (of a jar, pitcher, box, etc.)
- Synonym: hawakan
- (anatomy) hangnail
- Synonyms: taingang-daga, (Marinduque) dayurayo
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tainga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 80: “Aſa) Taying̃a (pp) de jarro carahat de dos aſas, vde otra coſa, metaf) de taying̃a, que es oreja, por q̃ las alas parecen orejas por eſtar a los la dos”
- page 455: “Oreja) Taying̃a (pp) de hombre de animal de jarro o de otra coſa”
- page 458: “Oyr) Taying̃a (pp) con el oydo atẽto”
- page 458: “Padraſtro) Taying̃anangcoco [(pc)] duo dici, coco, taying̃a . |. orejas de las vñas”
Tausug edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.
Noun edit
tainga