From root: hintay
Usage Note
Kahintay is used to describe a person who is waiting together with you in the same place or for the same thing.
Examples
" May kahintay ako sa istasyon. "
Natural Translation
I have a waiting companion at the station.
Literal Translation
There-is waiting-companion I at station.
" May kahintay ako sa labas. "
Natural Translation
I have a waiting companion outside.
Literal Translation
There-is waiting-companion I in outside.
" Mabuti na lang may kahintay ako sa ospital, kung hindi ay siguradong nainip na ako mag-isa. "
Natural Translation
It's a good thing I had a waiting companion at the hospital, otherwise I would surely have gotten bored alone.
Literal Translation
Good only there-is waiting-companion I at hospital, if not then surely got-bored already I alone.
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