ginto

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guinto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

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/ [ɡɪnˈtoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: gin‧to

Noun

gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (chemistry) gold

   Synonym: oro

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
• panday-ginto
• salaginto

 

See also

• giliginto

 

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, Manila, 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]‎^[1] (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]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 328
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “kim-tāu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899