Meaning of ináng-ináng

As or like a mother, motherly. (see ináng, amángamáng-fatherly).

Dim. of ináng. Also: to pretend to be wise or experienced, lay claim to great knowledge; a wiseacre, a would-be-wise person (said only of women). Daw si ináng-ínang siá. She is a wiseacre. Nagpakaináng-ínang siá. She pretends to be a wise (experienced) matron.

As or like a mother, motherly. (see ináng, amángamáng-fatherly).

Dim. of ináng. Also: to pretend to be wise or experienced, lay claim to great knowledge; a wiseacre, a would-be-wise person (said only of women). Daw si ináng-ínang siá. She is a wiseacre. Nagpakaináng-ínang siá. She pretends to be a wise (experienced) matron.