tisa

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See also: Tisa, tisă, and tiša

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tiza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtisa/
  • Hyphenation: ti‧sa

Noun

tísa (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

  1. chalk
    Synonym: tsok

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan , a back-formation from tisó, from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tisa f (plural tises)

  1. burning or half-burnt piece of wood; firebrand
    Synonym: fumall

Further reading

Ese

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

  1. teacher

French

Pronunciation

Verb

tisa

  1. third-person singular past historic of tiser

Lote

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

  1. teacher

References

Pijin

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

  1. teacher

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tisa.

Noun

tȉsa f (Cyrillic spelling ти̏са)

  1. yew-tree

Declension

Declension of tisa
singular plural
nominative tisa tise
genitive tise tisa
dative tisi tisama
accusative tisu tise
vocative tiso tise
locative tisi tisama
instrumental tisom tisama

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tisa.

Pronunciation

Noun

tȋsa f

  1. yew (tree or shrub)

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. tísa
gen. sing. tíse
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		tísa tísi tíse
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		tíse tís tís
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		tísi tísama tísam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		tíso tísi tíse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		tísi tísah tísah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		tíso tísama tísami

Swahili

Swahili numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: tisa, kenda
    Ordinal: -a tisa, -a kenda

Etymology

From Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa).[1]

Pronunciation

Numeral

tisa (invariable)

  1. nine

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

Noun

tisa (n class, plural tisa)

  1. (card games) nine

See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)
ree, rea, rei mbili tatu nne tano sita saba
nane tisa kumi ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha jokari

References

  • Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104
  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47 Nr. 375

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tiza (“chalk”), from Classical Nahuatl tizatl (“white earth, chalk”). Compare Cebuano tisas and Maranao tisas.

Pronunciation

Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

  1. chalk (used in blackboards)
    Synonyms: yeso, tsok
  2. (sports, billiards, pool) chalk
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish teja or tefa.

Pronunciation

Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

  1. roof tile; shingle
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

tisa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

  1. Alternative form of tiyesa

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

  1. teacher
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