tiib

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tiipa, variant of *siipi. As to the t/s switch present in Uralic languages, compare Finnish sulka and syvä.

Noun

tiib (genitive tiiva, partitive tiiba)

  1. wing

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “tiib”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Nawdm

Etymology

Cognate with Kabiyé tɩʋ, Gourmanchéma tibu, Farefare tɩa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tìːb́/

Noun

tiib b (plural tiini/tiit ɦi/t)

  1. tree

References

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[1], SIL International
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