pangingilin

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paŋiˈŋilin/ [pɐ.ŋɪˈŋiː.lɪn̪] (“abstinence”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ilin
  • IPA^(key): /paŋiŋiˈlin/ [pɐ.ŋɪ.ŋɪˈlin̪] (“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”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “pangingilin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 867.