tingi

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English

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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tingi

  1. A Brazilian tree, Magonia pubescens, whose seeds yield soap.

Dupaningan Agta

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Noun

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tingi

  1. branch of a tree

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋǝ (pubic hair, throat hair of caribou), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝŋǝ (pubic hair, throat hair of caribou). Compare tiingavoq (is horny), and tingajuk (throat hair of caribou).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tingi

  1. pubic hair

Italian

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Verb

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tingi

  1. inflection of tingere:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Verb

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tingī

  1. present passive infinitive of tingō

Portuguese

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Verb

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tingi

  1. inflection of tingir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Dutch stinken (to stink). Compare tori (story), from English story.

Verb

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tingi

  1. to stink
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Wan nyun sortu nyanyan”, in Jehovah's Witnesses[1]:
      Te den kibri a mana kon miti a di fu seibi dei, dan a no e lai nanga woron. A no e tingi tu! Disi na wan tra wondru!
      When they save the manna over to the seventh day, it doesn’t get full of worms. And it doesn’t stink! This is another miracle!

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Saramaccan: tíngi

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien 中意 (tèng-ì, to suit one's desire) as per Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

  1. retail selling; sale of goods at retail price
    Synonym: pagtitingi
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Adjective

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tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

  1. sold or bought at retail price

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tingí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

  1. smaller end of an egg
    Synonym: kulo
  2. eye or hard center of a boil
    Synonym: mata

Further reading

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  • tingi at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • tingi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 63
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 489; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 489
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 163; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 163

Anagrams

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Possibly from Malay tengik (rancid, pungent, putrid).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tingi

  1. (stative) to stink, to smell

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tingi
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totingi fotingi mitingi
2nd notingi nitingi
3rd Masculine otingi itingi, yotingi
Feminine motingi
Neuter itingi
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh