maninipnay

Tagalog

Etymology

From man- + blend of Cebuano isip +‎ hanay + -an with reduplication.

Coined by Lupon sa Agham (Committee on Science) in the Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino), published in 1969 and edited by Gonsalo del Rosario. This term fell under the Kublupon sa Sipnayan (Subcommittee on Mathematics), headed by Manuel M. Maravilla.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌmaninipˈnaj/ [ˌmaː.n̪ɪ.n̪ɪpˈn̪aɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: ma‧ni‧nip‧nay

Noun

máninipnáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜈᜒᜉ᜔ᜈᜌ᜔) (neologism)

  1. mathematical worker

References

  • Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.