titis

See also: Titis and titís

English

Noun

titis

1. plural of titi

Malay

Noun

titis (Jawi spelling تيتيس, plural titis-titis or titis²)

1. drop

   Synonyms: tiris, titik

Verb

titis (Jawi spelling تيتيس)

1. to drip, to let some liquid fall one drop at a time

Usage notes

Once used to describe smaller drips more than large ones with the titik

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penitisan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• titisan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• ketitisan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• menitis [agent focus] (meN-)
• menitiskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dititiskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “تيتس titis”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 207
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “titis”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 595

Further reading

• "titis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "titis" at PRPM first version)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtitis/ [ˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: ti‧tis

Noun

titis

1. plural of titi

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtitis/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: ti‧tis

Noun

titis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. cigarette or cigar ash

   Synonym: senisa

2. (figurative) main or immediate cause of something devastating

Derived terms

• titisan

See also

• abo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈtis/ [t̪ɪˈt̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ti‧tis

Noun

titís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

1. condition of dripping continuously (of sweat, candlewax, etc.)

Derived terms

• magtitis