tininte

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tenyente.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tininˈte/ [t̪ɪ.n̪ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ti‧nin‧te

Noun

tininté (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. (dated) barrio head
    Synonyms: kapitan, puno
  2. alternative form of tenyente

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 978
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 575: “Tiniente) Tininti [(pc)] C. de Gouernador o otro juez”
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