tingi

• tinguy

tingi

1. A Brazilian tree, Magonia pubescens, whose seeds yield soap.

tingi

1. branch of a tree

From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”). Compare tiingavoq (“is horny”), and tingajuk (“throat hair of caribou”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tiŋi/, [t͡sɪ.ŋɪ]

tingi

1. pubic hair

tingi

1. inflection of tingere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

tingī

1. present passive infinitive of tingō

tingi

1. inflection of tingir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Probably from Dutch stinken (“to stink”). Compare tori (“story”), from English story.

tingi

1. to stink
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Wan nyun sortu nyanyan”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎:

     Te den kibri a mana kon miti a di fu seibi dei, dan a no e lai nanga woron. A no e tingi tu! Disi na wan tra wondru!

     When they save the manna over to the seventh day, it doesn’t get full of worms. And it doesn’t stink! This is another miracle!

• → Saramaccan: tíngi

Borrowed from Hokkien 中意 (tèng-ì, “to suit one's desire”) as per Manuel (1948).

• IPA^(key): /tiˈŋiʔ/, [tɪˈŋiʔ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ngi

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. retail selling; sale of goods at retail price

   Synonym: pagtitingi

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. sold or bought at retail price

• IPA^(key): /tiˈŋi/, [tɪˈŋi]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ngi

tingí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)

1. smaller end of an egg

   Synonym: kulo

2. eye or hard center of a boil

   Synonym: mata

• “tingi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tingi”, 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 63
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, 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 489; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 489
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, 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 163; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 163

Possibly from Malay tengik (“rancid, pungent, putrid”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ŋi]

tingi

1. (stative) to stink, to smell

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh