tıpış tıpış

Turkish

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Etymology

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Reduplication of tıpış (onomatopoeic for the sound of walking quickly in short steps), from tıp (onomatopoeic for the sound of light and quick tapping, walking, or dripping) +‎ -ış (reciprocative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɯˈpɯʃ.tɯ.pɯʃ/
  • Hyphenation: tı‧pış‧tı‧pış

Adverb

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tıpış tıpış

  1. (of walking) quickly and with short steps, like a toddler

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tıp²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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