hintay

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • intay

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay intai (“prying; watching secretly”),[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hintay (“to wait for; to spy on”).[2] Also possibly from hin- +‎ antay, with elision of the first syllable of the root. Compare Malay intai, Iban intai, Toba Batak inte, Old Javanese inte / intay, Balinese inte, Sasak inte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hinˈtaj/, [hɪnˈtaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: hin‧tay

Noun

hintáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)

  1. act of waiting (for a person or thing)
    Synonyms: antay, antabay
  2. person or thing being awaited or expected to come
    Synonym: hinihintay

Derived terms
  • hintayan
  • hintayin
  • hintin
  • maghintay
  • maghintayan
  • magpahintay
  • maipaghihintay
  • makapaghihintay
  • paghihintay
  • papaghintayin
  • tayka
  • teka
  • temuna

Interjection

hintáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)

  1. wait! wait a minute!
    Synonym: teka

References
  1. Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 165
  2. Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hintay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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