tainga

Pangutaran Sama

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa.

Noun

tainga

1. (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• taenga, taynga, tenga — colloquial
• tahinga — dialectal, Rizal
• taing̃a, taying̃a, tayng̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tayinga — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa. Compare Ilocano talinga, Cebuano talinga, Maranao tangila, Tausug taynga, and Malay telinga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /taiˈŋa/ [t̪ɐ.ɪˈŋa], (colloquial) /ˈteŋa/ [ˈt̪ɛː.ŋɐ]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /taˈʔiŋa/ [t̪ɐˈʔiː.ŋɐ] (dated)
    • Rhymes: -iŋa
• Syllabification: ta‧i‧nga

Noun

taingá or tainga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅ or ᜆᜁᜅ)

1. (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
2. handle shaped like an ear (of a jar, pitcher, box, etc.)

   Synonym: hawakan

3. (anatomy) hangnail

   Synonyms: taingang-daga, (Marinduque) dayurayo

Derived terms

• abot-tainga
• kabibeng-tainga
• mahina ang tainga
• manainga
• masakit sa tainga
• may tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita
• medikong-tainga
• panainga
• puting-tainga
• salamin ng tainga
• sarhan ang tainga
• taingambabuy
• taingambuhay
• taingang-daga
• taingang-kawali
• takpan ang tainga

 

Further reading

• “tainga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tainga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 80: “Aſa) Taying̃a (pp) de jarro carahat de dos aſas, vde otra coſa, metaf) de taying̃a, que es oreja, por q̃ las alas parecen orejas por eſtar a los la dos”
  • page 455: “Oreja) Taying̃a (pp) de hombre de animal de jarro o de otra coſa”
  • page 458: “Oyr) Taying̃a (pp) con el oydo atẽto”
  • page 458: “Padraſtro) Taying̃anangcoco [(pc)] duo dici, coco, taying̃a . |. orejas de las vñas”

Anagrams

• tagain, tag-ani