kalingkingan

• calinquing̃an – Abecedario orthography, obsolete

From kalingking +‎ -an. kalingking is probably from kingking +‎ *-al-. The fossilized -*al- infix is probably related to Malay -el- infix. Compare Maguindanao kingking, Waray-Waray kamuyingking, Yakan kingking, Tausug kingking, Malay kelingking, Tok Pisin kilikili, and Old Javanese kaliṅkiṅan. See also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k⟨al⟩iŋkiŋ.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ling‧ki‧ngan
• IPA^(key): /ˌkaliŋˈkiŋan/, [ˌka.lɪŋˈki.ŋɐn]

kálingkíngan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) little finger or little toe; pinky

   Synonym: hinliliit

2. (figuratively) bound; boundary; confine; limit
   • 2016, owwSIC, That Promdi Girl: Book 3‎, page 45:

     Kumpara sa'yo, 'yang hinanakit mo, wala pa sa kalingkingan ng mga hinanakit na naranasan ko.

     Compared to you, that hurt in you, it's not yet at the bounds of the hurt I experienced.

• “kalingkingan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018