tingi

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See also: tîngi

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tingi

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

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Noun[edit]

tingi

  1. branch of a tree

Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

tingi

  1. pubic hair

Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

tingi

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

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

tingī

  1. present passive infinitive of tingō

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

tingi

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

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ngi
  • IPA(key): /tiˈŋiʔ/, [tɪˈŋiʔ]

Noun[edit]

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

  1. retail selling; sale of goods at retail price
    Synonym: pagtitingi
Derived terms[edit]
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Adjective[edit]

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

  1. sold or bought at retail price

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ngi
  • IPA(key): /tiˈŋi/, [tɪˈŋi]

Noun[edit]

tingí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

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

Further reading[edit]

  • tingi at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], 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 (in Hokkien & English), [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition, 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 (in Hokkien & English), [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition, London: Trübner & Co., page 163; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 163

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tingi

  1. (stative) to stink, to smell

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

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