tinik

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Pronunciation

Noun

tinik (Sanu)

  1. thirst

Hungarian

Etymology

tini +‎ -k

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ti‧nik

Noun

tinik

  1. nominative plural of tini

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tənək, from Proto-Austronesian *Cənək (“thorn”). Compare Ilocano tennek, Bikol Central tunok, Cebuano tunok, Hiligaynon tunok, Maranao tenek, and Tausug tunuk.

Pronunciation

Noun

tiník (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. thorn; spine (of plants)
    May mga tinik ang mga rosas.
    Roses have thorns.
  2. fishbone
  3. fishbone stuck in the throat
  4. splinter or sliver stuck in the flesh
    Synonyms: subyang, salubsob
  5. barb (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc.)
    Synonym: sima
    alambreng may tinik ― barbed wire

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See also

Further reading

  • “tinik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cenek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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