tıpış tıpış

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of tıpış (“onomatopoeic for the sound of walking quickly in short steps”), from tıp (“onomatopoeic for the sound of light and quick tapping, walking, or dripping”) +‎ -ış (reciprocative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɯˈpɯʃ.tɯ.pɯʃ/
  • Hyphenation: tı‧pış‧tı‧pış

Adverb

tıpış tıpış

  1. (of walking) quickly and with short steps, like a toddler

Derived terms

  • tıpış tıpış yürümek
  • tıp tıp
  • tıpır tıpır
  • tıpırdamak
  • tıpırtı
  • tıpışlamak

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tıp²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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