Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Early borrowing of Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tenyente.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tininté (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. (dated) barrio head
    Synonyms: kapitan, puno
  2. Alternative form of tenyente

Further reading edit

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 978