Estonian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

tiib (genitive tiiva, partitive tiiba)

  1. wing

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Kabiyé tɩʋ, Gourmanchéma tibu, Farefare tɩa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tiib b (plural tiini/tiit ɦi/t)

  1. tree

References edit

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