hinuha

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hinoha — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From earlier variant hinguha, from hing- +‎ kuha. Later evolved to have separate entries in dictionaries. Doublet of hinguha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈnuhaʔ/ [hɪˈn̪uː.hɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -uhaʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧nu‧ha

Noun

hinuhà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜓᜑ)

1. inference; deduction; presumption

   Synonyms: akala, hulo, palagay, paniwala, imperensiya, hinakdal, akala, paniwala

2. suspicion

   Synonyms: hinala, sapantaha

3. Alternative form of hinguha

Derived terms

• hinuhain
• maghinuha
• mahinuha
• paghihinuha

 

Further reading

• “hinuha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 326.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier