Borrowed fromMalayintai(“prying; watching secretly”),[1] fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*hintay(“to wait for; to spy on”).[2] Also possibly fromhin- +antay, withelision of the first syllable of the root. CompareMalayintai,Ibanintai,Toba Batakinte,Old Javaneseinte /intay,Balineseᬳᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬾ(inte),Sasakinte.
hintáy (Baybayin spellingᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- act ofwaiting(for a person or thing)
- Synonyms:antay,antabay
- person orthing beingawaited orexpected tocome
- Synonym:hinihintay
hintáy (Baybayin spellingᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔)
- wait!wait a minute!
- Synonyms:teka,sandali,temuna,(Rizal)hingka,(Bataan, Nueva Ecija, plural)tekayo,(colloquial)weyt
- ^Zorc, David Paul (1982)Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3,page165
- ^Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hintay”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
