tinghoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • tinhoy — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 燈火 / 灯火 (teng-hóe, “lights”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtiŋhoj/ [ˈt̪iŋ.hoɪ̯], /tiŋˈhoj/ [t̪ɪŋˈhoɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -iŋhoj, -oj
  • Syllabification: ting‧hoy

Noun

tinghoy or tinghóy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. oil lamp with a wick that burns with a small steady flame (either in a clay or metal bowl or enclosed in glass)

See also

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 132

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