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Etymology 1
Compare tiis.
Adjective
tiím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜁᜋ᜔)
- pressed or clenched tightly to suppress anger, pain, etc. (of one's lips, teeth, or jaws)
- Synonyms: iting, nakaiting
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Noun
tiím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜁᜋ᜔)
- tight pressure in suppressing anger, pain, etc. (of one's lips, teeth, or jaws)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hokkien 𤆤 (tīm, “to braise”)[1][2] with epenthesis splitting into two syllables (c.f. gaas, tsaa, and siim).
Adjective
tiím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜁᜋ᜔)
- steamed (of a pork or poultry dish)
- Synonym: pinasingawan
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Etymology 3
Compare Hokkien 沉 (tîm, “to submerge”).[2]
Adjective
tiím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜁᜋ᜔)
- saturated; soaked
- Synonyms: tigmak, pigta, saturado, babad, impregnado, piklot, pigta, sinip
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Noun
tiím (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜁᜋ᜔)
- full saturation or soaking (especially with brine or salt)
References
- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 140
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 周长楫 , editor (2006), “tiim”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN, page 314.
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