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Faroese
Pronunciation
Adjective
tikin
- taken
- arrested
Declension
Participle
tikin
- past participle of taka
References
Madak
Noun
tikin
- woman
- la-tikin : a woman
Further reading
- Tom Dutton, Darrell T. Tryon, Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World (1994, →ISBN
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən. Compare Ilocano tekken, Kapampangan atkan, Cebuano tukon, Maranao teken, Tausug tukun, Malay tekan, and Old Javanese tĕkĕn.
Pronunciation
Noun
tikín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔)
- bamboo pole or the like used to propel punts or flat-bottomed boats (especially in shallow streams)
- long pole, usually provided with a hook at one end for picking fruit, etc.
- Synonyms: sungkit, panungkit
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tikin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teken”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *tyaqiing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tikin
- dry
References
- Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán, A. C. (2003) Diccionario maya popular: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 207: “TIKIN”
- Barrera Vásquez, Alfredo et al. (1980) Diccionario maya Cordemex: Maya-español, español-maya (in Spanish), Mérida: Ediciones Cordemex, page 793: “TIKIN”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 77: “tikin”
- Pío Pérez, Juan (1866–1877) Diccionario de la lengua maya (in Spanish), Mérida de Yucatán: Imprenta literaria, de Juan F. Molina Solís, page 325: “TICIN: seco, enjuto.”