ginoo

• Hyphenation: gi‧no‧o

ginoo

1. deity; god

• guinoo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Ginoo — capitalized
• G. — abbreviation

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (c.f. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (c.f. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Also possibly related to Sanskrit नु (nu, “praise”), or noo (“forehead”).

• Hyphenation: gi‧no‧o
• IPA^(key): /ɡinoˈʔo/, [ɡɪ.noˈʔo]
• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnoʔo/, [ɡɪˈno.ʔo] (archaic)
• Rhymes: -o

ginoó (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ)

1. gentleman; well-bred man

   Synonyms: maginoo, kabalyero

   Bigay ng isang ginoo.

   Given by a mister.

2. (archaic) lady of rank
3. (historical) lord; noble from the ruling class

• According to Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro del San Lucar who compiled the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala in 1754, ginoo referred to a lady of rank while maginoo referred to a gentleman of rank, whereas today, both refer to men, while ginang, gining, or binibini are used for women today.

• Ginoo
• Guino-o (surname)

• “ginoo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 444: “Noble) Ginoo (pp) por linaje y parentela”
  • page 497: “Prinçipala) Ginoo (pp) o ſeñora”
  • page 552: “Señora) Ginoo (pp) para con mugeres”