"ninang" meaning in Tagalog

See ninang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈninaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈn̪iː.n̪ɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜈᜒᜈᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -inaŋ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrinaclip. Spanish nina Tagalog -ng Tagalog ninang From Spanish nina (“godmother”, colloquial clipping of madrina) + -ng. See also ninong, lelong, lelang, manong, manang, mang, aling, etc. Compare Chamorro nina. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|es:nina<t:godmother><ety:clip<madrina>>|-ng<id:enclitic>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrinaclip. Spanish nina Tagalog -ng Tagalog ninang [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "mātr", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "mother", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "mother", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*méh₂tēr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*mātēr", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mater", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "īna", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives of materials", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-īnos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-inus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Early Medieval Latin", "term" : "mātrīna", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-eme" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "madrina", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "nina", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "es" }, { "id" : "enclitic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "-ng", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ninang", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="ninang">, {{glossary|colloquial}} colloquial, {{clipping|es|madrina|nocap=1|nocat=1}} clipping of madrina, {{af|tl|es:nina<pos:colloquial clipping of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">madrina</i>><t:godmother>|-ng<id:enclitic>}} Spanish nina (“godmother”, colloquial clipping of madrina) + -ng, {{cog|ch|nina}} Chamorro nina Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} ninang (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈᜅ᜔)
  1. godmother Synonyms: kumare, iniina, madrina Derived forms: magninang Related terms: madrina, ninong

Alternative forms

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