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Dutch
Verb
tille
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of tillen
Galician
Verb
tille
- inflection of tillar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
A shortening of lentile (“lentil”).
Noun
tille
- Alternative form of tylle (“lentil”)
Etymology 2
Either from tillen or Anglo-Norman tylle.
Noun
tille
- Alternative form of tylle (“container”)
Etymology 3
From Old English ġetillan.
Verb
tille
- Alternative form of tillen (“to stretch”)
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tille c (plural tillen, diminutive tiltsje)
- a small, high bridge that passes over a body of water
Further reading
- “tille (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011