ginto

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === guinto — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Hokkien, possibly: 金底 (kim-tóe, “gold base”) according to Manuel (1948) 金條 / 金条 (kim-tiâu, “gold bar”) according to Potet (2016) 金豆 (kim-tāu, “piloncitos, pea-sized pieces of gold once used as a currency”) hypothesized by Potet (2016) See also Hokkien 鍍金 / 镀金 (tō͘-kim, “to gold-plate; to gild”). Cognate with Kapampangan gintu. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡinˈtoʔ/ [ɡɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ] Rhymes: -oʔ Syllabification: gin‧to === Noun === gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) (chemistry) gold Synonym: oro gold coin gold (color/colour) Synonym: bulawan (colloquial, figurative) money Synonyms: pera, salapi, pilak (colloquial, figurative) riches; wealth Synonym: yaman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) made of gold golden (color/colour) Synonym: bulawan (colloquial, figurative) of great value === Further reading === “ginto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 338 Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 20 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “金底”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 330 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “金豆”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 328 Barclay, Thomas (1923), “荳 tāu. kim-tāu”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 221