hinsa
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish hinchar, from Old Spanish finchar, from Latin īnflāre.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hinˈsa/ [hɪn̪ˈsa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: hin‧sa
Noun
hinsá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ) (obsolete)
- act of puffing up with air; inflation
Derived terms
- huminsa
- ihinsa
- magsihinsa
See also
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 353: “Hinchar) Hinſa (pp) C. como haçen los muchachos para que les den ſopapos”