tingting

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tinting — palm leaf midrib; very thin person
• ting-ting — sound

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋtiŋ (“tinkling sound”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

1. palm leaf midrib without the blades or lamina (used in broom making)
2. (colloquial) very thin person

   Synonym: payatot

3. high-pitched, tinkling, metallic sound
4. act of beating repeatedly something to produce a tinkling sound

Derived terms

• walis-tingting

See also

• taginting

 

Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

• ting

Etymology

Reduplication of English think.

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.”

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