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Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tiza, from Classical Nahuatl tīzatl.
Noun
tiza f (plural tices)
- chalk
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tizatl (“white earth, chalk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈtiθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈtisa/
- Rhymes: -iθa
- Rhymes: -isa
- Syllabification: ti‧za
Noun
tiza f (plural tizas)
- (Spain) chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)
- Synonyms: clarión, gis (Mexico)
2008, Eva Fernandez Del Campo, Anish Kapoor, Editorial NEREA, →ISBN, page 21:En una habitación, Kapoor dibuja en el suelo, con tiza, media figura humana, que a su vez es mitad femenina y mitad masculina, una silueta que trae a la memoria las huellas del cuerpo, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2020 March 31, Roberto Germán Fandiño Pérez, “Educar en el encierro”, in La Rioja:Internet es una herramienta maravillosa, pero sin un bagaje previo de conocimiento y sentir critico nos desarma y abruma, y eso es una tarea que deben hacer los humanos, con libros, con ideas, con aplicaciones y con tizas, pero con pausa, con paciencia y con esmero.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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