pangingilin

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /paŋiˈŋilin/ [pɐ.ŋɪˈŋi.lɪn] (“abstinence”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -ilin
    • IPA(key): /paŋiŋiˈlin/ [pɐ.ŋɪ.ŋɪˈlin] (“twisting, curling”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: 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, 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.
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