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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 摘夾／摘夹 (tiah-ní / tiah-ngeeh, “pincers; nippers”). Compare Ilocano tiani. The slang sense refers to how careful and little a stingy person gets money from the wallet.
Pronunciation
Noun
tiyanì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜈᜒ)
- tweezers; pincers (for plucking hair or handling little objects)
- Synonyms: sipit, panipit
- (slang, derogatory) cheapskate
- Synonyms: kuripot, maramot
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tiyani” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “tiyani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 64
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tiah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 495; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 495
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “níⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 336; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 336
- Macgowan, John (1883) English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect, Amoy, Fuhkien, Qing China, pages 381-382