kahihinatnan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cahihinatnan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- kakahinatnan — informal
- kahihinatingan — obsolete
Etymology
From earlier *kahihinatngan, syncopic form of kahihinatingan, from hinating (“arriving little by little”) + ka- -an, with first syllable reduplication, with the stem from hin- + dating.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˌhihinatˈnan/ [kɐˌhiː.hɪ.n̪ɐt̪ˈn̪an̪], /ˌkahihinatˈnan/ [ˌkaː.hɪ.hɪ.n̪ɐt̪ˈn̪an̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ka‧hi‧hi‧nat‧nan
Noun
kahíhinatnán or káhihinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)
- destiny, fate, ending, especially of a long journey, process, or discussion
- Synonyms: kahahantungan, kalalabasan, kauuwian, patutunguhan, pupuntahan, ikabubunga, kararatnan
Verb
kahíhinatnán or káhihinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)
- contemplative aspect of kahinatnan
Further reading
- “kahihinatnan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “kahihinatnan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 214
- 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.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.