tinja

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese tinja (ꦠꦶꦚ꧀ꦗ), from Arabic اِسْتِنْجَاء (istinjāʔ, “istinja: ritual cleansing of the urethra or anus after using the toilet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪnd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: tin‧ja
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

Noun

tinja (first-person possessive tinjaku, second-person possessive tinjamu, third-person possessive tinjanya)

1. feces

Synonyms

• feses (medicine)
• kotoran

Further reading

• “tinja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦠꦶꦤ꧀ꦗ, ꦠꦶꦚ꧀ꦗ
• Roman: tindja

Noun

tinja (ngoko tai, krama tinja)

1. Krama of tai.

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tinja”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Verb

tinja

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tingir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tingir
3. first-person singular imperative of tingir
4. third-person singular imperative of tingir

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Swazi

Noun

tinja class 10

1. plural of inja