kalingkingan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calinquing̃an, calingquing̃an, calincqing̃an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kalinkingan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k<al>iŋkiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiŋkiŋ. Compare Asi kamayingking, Aklanon kumaeengking, Cebuano kumayingking, Hiligaynon kamalingking, Waray-Waray kamuyingking, Yakan kingking, Maguindanao kingking, Tausug kingking, Indonesian kelingking, Malay kelengkeng, Old Javanese kaliṅkiṅan, and Tok Pisin kilikili. By surface analysis, *kalingking +‎ -an, the root from *kingking +‎ *-al-. (cf. Malay -el- infix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌkaliŋˈkiŋan/ [ˌkaː.lɪŋˈkiː.ŋɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iŋan
• Syllabification: ka‧ling‧ki‧ngan

Noun

kálingkíngan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) little finger or little toe; pinky

   Synonym: hinliliit

2. (figurative) bound; boundary; confine; limit
   • 2016, owwSIC, That Promdi Girl: Book 3‎^[1], page 45:

     Kumpara sa'yo, 'yang hinanakit mo, wala pa sa kalingkingan ng mga hinanakit na naranasan ko.

     Compared to you, that hurt in you, it's not yet at the bounds of the hurt I experienced.

Derived terms

• ang sakit ng kalingkingan, damdam ng buong katawan
• gakalingkingan
• wala sa kalingkingan

Further reading

• “kalingkingan”, 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 219: “Dedo) Calingcqing̃an (pp) q̃ llamanos meñique”