tingga

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ting‧ga
  • IPA(key): /tiŋˈɡaʔ/ [tiŋˈɡaʔ]

Noun

tinggâ

  1. lead (metal)

Sambali

Noun

tinggâ

  1. lead (metal)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiŋˈɡaʔ/ [t̪ɪŋˈɡaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ting‧ga

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq (tin). Compare Sambali tingga, Kapampangan tingga, Bikol Central tingga, Waray-Waray tingga, Maranao timbega', Tausug tingga', Malay timah, and Iban timah. See also Sanskrit तीर (tīra) and तीव्र (tīvra, tin).

Noun

tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. (chemistry, metal) lead
    Synonyms: barha, plomo, (obsolete) tinggahitam, (obsolete) hitam
  2. (colloquial) soft solder
    Synonym: estanyo
  3. (colloquial) bullets
    Synonyms: bala, punglo
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋgaʔ (ear pendant). Compare Kapampangan tingga and Iban tingga.

Noun

tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)

  1. (obsolete) earring
    Synonyms: hikaw, aretes
Derived terms
  • itingga
  • magtingga
  • tinggaan
  • tinggain

Further reading

  • tingga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*timeRaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tiŋgaʔ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Waray-Waray

Noun

tinggâ

  1. lead (metal)