tinga

English

Etymology

Spanish tinga

Noun

tinga (uncountable)

1. A Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

Anagrams

• Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tagin, tangi, tiang

Galician

Verb

tinga

1. inflection of tinguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS.

Noun

tinga

1. shred, splinter

   tinga kayu ― wood splinter

2. food stuck between teeth

Italian

Verb

tinga

1. inflection of tingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• tangi, tigna

Mapun

Noun

tinga

1. (anatomy) ear

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tingene

Noun

tinga m

1. definite plural of ting

Noun

tinga n

1. definite plural of ting

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

Alternative forms

• tinge (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

tinga (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative tinga/ting)

1. (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on

   Synonym: bestille

2. to subscribe (to a publication)

   Synonym: abonnere

3. to negotiate

Derived terms

• tinga på
• tingar
• tinging

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• tingi (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

tinga m

1. definite plural of ting

Noun

tinga n

1. definite plural of ting

References

• “tinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ganti, tangi, natig

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.ŋa/
• Rhymes: -ĩŋa
• Hyphenation: ti‧nga

Etymology 1

From ting (“white”, adjective) +‎ -a.

Noun

tinga (possessable)

1. white
2. whiteness
3. white thing
   • 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, “Dialogo II”, in Compendio da Doutrina Christãa […] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Da Communhão, page 84, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:

     Mbäétepe coé tinga acẽ remipiâca, Abaré Hostia rupíreme, acẽ iurupebé imohdebme: nã miape ruã?

     [Mba'etepe kûé tinga asé remiepîaka, abaré hóstia rupireme, asé îurupe bé i mondebeme: na miapé ruã?]

     But what is that white thing that is seen, when the priest rises the host, and when put in people's mouths: isn't it bread?

4. lightness (the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tinga

See also

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns	piranga	îuba	oby      obyeté	morotinga, tinga	una	tingaíba, pytanga／pyxanga
Adjectives	pirang	îub		moroting, ting	un	tingaíb, pytang／pyxang

Etymology 2

Noun

tinga (possessable)

1. nausea (feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system)
2. nauseous thing (something that causes nausea)

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tinga f (plural tingas)

1. a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat

See also

• English: pulled pork (US)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tinga (infinitive kutinga)

1. to swing, to sway

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tinga
Positive present -natinga Subjunctive -tinge Negative -tingi Imperative singular tinga
Infinitives
Positive kutinga Negative kutotinga
Imperatives
Singular tinga Plural tingeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutinga Positive past positive subject concord + -litinga Negative past negative subject concord + -kutinga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natinga) Singular Plural 1st person ninatinga/natinga tunatinga 2nd person unatinga mnatinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatinga wanatinga other classes positive subject concord + -natinga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tingi) Singular Plural 1st person sitingi hatutingi 2nd person hutingi hamtingi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatingi hawatingi other classes negative subject concord + -tingi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatinga Negative future negative subject concord + -tatinga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tinge) Singular Plural 1st person nitinge tutinge 2nd person utinge mtinge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atinge watinge other classes positive subject concord + -tinge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitinge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetinga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetinga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitinga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitinga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atinga) Singular Plural 1st person natinga twatinga 2nd person watinga mwatinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atinga watinga m-mi(III/IV) watinga yatinga ji-ma(V/VI) latinga yatinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatinga vyatinga n(IX/X) yatinga zatinga u(XI) watinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatinga pa(XVI) patinga mu(XVIII) mwatinga
Perfect positive subject concord + -metinga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatinga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatinga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitinga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotinga Consecutive katinga / positive subject concord + -katinga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katinge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitinga -tutinga 2nd person -kutinga -watinga/-kutingeni/-watingeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtinga -watinga m-mi(III/IV) -utinga -itinga ji-ma(V/VI) -litinga -yatinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitinga -vitinga n(IX/X) -itinga -zitinga u(XI) -utinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutinga pa(XVI) -patinga mu(XVIII) -mutinga Reflexive -jitinga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tinga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tingaye -tingao m-mi(III/IV) -tingao -tingayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tingalo -tingayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tingacho -tingavyo n(IX/X) -tingayo -tingazo u(XI) -tingao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tingako pa(XVI) -tingapo mu(XVIII) -tingamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tinga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetinga -otinga m-mi(III/IV) -otinga -yotinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lotinga -yotinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotinga -vyotinga n(IX/X) -yotinga -zotinga u(XI) -otinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotinga pa(XVI) -potinga mu(XVIII) -motinga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋah (“food particles caught between the teeth”) (cf. Ivatan tinya, Ilocano ingat, Kapampangan tinga, Cebuano tinga, and Tausug tinga), from Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS (cf. Amis tingas, Bunun cingas, and Sakizaya tingas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈŋa/ [t̪ɪˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ti‧nga

Noun

tingá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ)

1. bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth
2. (by extension) charge of bullet in a gun (ready for the firing pin)

   Synonym: karga

Derived terms

• hininga
• maghininga
• magkatinga
• makatinga
• matinga
• pantinga
• panghininga
• tingahan

 

Further reading

• “tinga” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• gitna, tinag, ingat, antig, ganti, tangi, ating