tingting

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiŋˈtiŋ/ [t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪ɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: ting‧ting

Etymology 1

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. palm leaf midrib without the blades or lamina (used in broom making)
  2. (colloquial) very thin person
    Synonyms: payatot, palito
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • walis-tingting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋtiŋ (“tinkling sound”). Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. high-pitched, tinkling, metallic sound
  2. act of beating repeatedly something to produce a tinkling sound
Alternative forms
  • ting-ting
See also

Further reading

  • “tingting”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “tingting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tiŋtiŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of English think.

Noun

tingting

  1. thinking, thought
    • 2012, anonymous author, Wastaua‎[1]:
      Askim yu yet, ‘Tingting na pasin bilong dispela graun i kirap stiaim tingting bilong mi?’
      Ask yourself, ‘Have the thinking and “spirit of the world” worked their way into my thinking?’

Verb

tingting

  1. think
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:6:
      Na meri i tingting olsem, “I gutpela long mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kisim olkain gutpela save.”
      →New International Version translation

Derived terms

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