tinik
Ashkun
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈnik/
Noun
tinik (Sanu)
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtinik]
- Hyphenation: ti‧nik
Noun
tinik
- nominative plural of tini
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tinic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tənək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənək, from Proto-Austronesian *Cənək (“thorn”). Compare Ilocano tennek, Bikol Central tunok, Cebuano tunok, Hiligaynon tunok, Maranao tenek, and Tausug tunuk.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈnik/ [t̪ɪˈn̪ɪk̚]
- Rhymes: -ik
- Syllabification: ti‧nik
Noun
tiník (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜃ᜔)
- thorn; spine (of plants)
- May mga tinik ang mga rosas.
- Roses have thorns.
- fishbone
- fishbone stuck in the throat
- splinter or sliver stuck in the flesh
- barb (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc.)
- Synonym: sima
- alambreng may tinik ― barbed wire
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “tinik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cenek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI