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Tagalog
Etymology
Early borrowing of Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tenyente.
Pronunciation
Noun
tininté (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- (dated) barrio head
- Synonyms: kapitan, puno
- Alternative form of tenyente
Further reading
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 978