panghininga

Hanunoo

Etymology

From pang- +‎ hininga (“picking of one's teeth”), ultimately from tinga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/ [pɐŋ.hi.niˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga

Noun

panghiningá (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜥ᜴ᜱᜲᜨᜲᜥ)

1. toothpick made of bamboo or wood

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 213

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• panhining̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From pang- (instrumentative prefix) +‎ hininga (“picking of tooth”). Compare Hiligaynon palanghininga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paŋhiniˈŋa/ [pɐŋ.hɪ.n̪ɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pang‧hi‧ni‧nga

Noun

panghiningá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜅ)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: palito, tutpik, (obsolete) palyo, (obsolete) panghinuki, (obsolete) tukhi

References

• “panghininga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.