tingting

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Etymology 1

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. palm leaf midrib without the blades or lamina (used in broom making)
  2. (colloquial) very thin person
    Synonyms: payatot, palito
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋtiŋ (“tinkling sound”). Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. high-pitched, tinkling, metallic sound
  2. act of beating repeatedly something to produce a tinkling sound
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See also

Further reading

  • “tingting”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “tingting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tiŋtiŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

Reduplication of English think.

Verb

tingting

  1. think
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:6:
      Na meri i tingting olsem, “I gutpela long mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kisim olkain gutpela save.”
      →New International Version translation
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