# ginoo
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Cebuano ginoo, Hiligaynon ginoo, Tagalog ginoo.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gi‧no‧o

### Noun

ginoo
* deity; god

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Bikol Central ginoo, Hiligaynon ginoo, Tagalog ginoo.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gi‧no‧o

### Noun

ginoo
* deity; god

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo, Hiligaynon tuod), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Bikol Central ginoo, Cebuano ginoo, Tagalog ginoo.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: gi‧no‧o

### Noun

ginoo
* deity; god

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Bikol Central ginoo, Cebuano ginoo. Also possibly related to Sanskrit नु (nu, “praise”), or noo (“forehead”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ɡinoˈʔo/ [ɡɪ.n̪oˈʔo]
*** Rhymes: -o
** IPA: /ɡiˈnoʔo/ [ɡɪˈn̪oː.ʔo] (archaic, now dialectal)
*** Rhymes: -oʔo
* Syllabification: gi‧no‧o

### Noun

ginoó (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ)
* gentleman; well-bred man
    Synonyms: maginoo, kabalyero
    Bigay ng isang ginoo.Given by a mister.
* (archaic) lady of rank
    Aba Ginoong Maria ― Hail Mary (literally, “Ave Lady Maria”)
* (historical) lord; noble from the ruling class

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Derived terms

* Aba Ginoong Maria
* kaginoohan
* lawing-ginoo
* maginoo
* maginoohin
* pagkamaginoo

#### Related terms

* Ginoo
* Guino-o (surname)

#### See also

* dayang
* don
* donya
* ginang
* gining
* lakambini
* lakan
* senyor
* senyorita
* tuwan

### Further reading

* “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), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), 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”