ginto

Tagalog

Chemical element (edit)
Au Atomic number 79 ginto
Alternative names: oro
Classification data Period 6 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
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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/ [ɡ̠ɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: gin‧to

Noun

gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (chemistry) gold

   Synonym: oro

   Gintong Paracale, mawala man ay di bale.

   The gold of Paracale, even if it gets lost, is no matter.

2. gold coin
3. gold (color/colour)

   Synonym: bulawan

4. (colloquial, figurative) money

   Synonyms: pera, salapi, pilak

5. (colloquial, figurative) riches; wealth

   Synonym: yaman

Derived terms

• dilang ginto
• giginto
• ginintuan
• ginintuang puso
• ginintuang tinig
• gintuan
• gintuin
• halagang ginto
• huling-ginto
• isdangginto
• kagintuan
• maginto
• malaginto
• pamantayang ginto
• panday-ginto
• salaginto

See also

• balitok
• bislig
• dalisay
• giliginto
• gintsam
• hilapo
• panika

Adjective

gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. made of gold
2. golden (color/colour)

   Synonym: bulawan

3. (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 Comprehensive Dictionary] (overall work in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣總督府 [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 Comprehensive Dictionary] (overall work in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣總督府 [Government-General of Taiwan], →OCLC, page 328
• Barclay, Thomas (1923), “荳 tāu. kim-tāu”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 221