tingga
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tinggâ
- lead (metal)
Sambali edit
Noun edit
tinggâ
- lead (metal)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq. Compare Bikol Central tingga, Malay timah (“tin”), Maranao timbega', Sambali tingga, Waray-Waray tingga, Iban timah, and Malay timah. Also possibly from Sanskrit तीर (tīra) or तीव्र (tīvra, “tin”).
Noun edit
tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)
- (chemistry, metal) lead
- (colloquial) soft solder
- Synonym: estanyo
- (colloquial) bullets
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋgaʔ. Compare Kapampangan tingga and Iban tingga.
Noun edit
tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tingga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Waray-Waray edit
Noun edit
tinggâ
- lead (metal)