pamamanhikan
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pam- + panhik + -an, with initial reduplication.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pamamanˈhikan/ [pɐ.mɐ.mɐn̪ˈhiː.xɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -ikan
- Syllabification: pa‧ma‧man‧hi‧kan
Noun
[edit]pamamanhikan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜋᜈ᜔ᜑᜒᜃᜈ᜔)
- traditional Filipino custom of formally proposing a wedding by asking for permission to the family of the partner
- Synonyms: pamanhikan, pamamaysan
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pamamanhikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- Tagalog terms prefixed with pam-
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -an
- Tagalog reduplications
- Tagalog 5-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ikan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ikan/5 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Marriage