nisnis

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *nisnís (“to wipe, rub, scrub”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nisˈnis/ [n̪ɪsˈn̪is]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: nis‧nis

Noun

nisnís (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. unravelling or wearing out of clothes

   Synonym: tastas

2. (obsolete) rub someone else's face onto some surface (like the ground)

Derived terms

• ikanisnis
• inisnis
• magnisnis
• makanisnis
• manisnis
• nisnisan
• nisnisin
• numisnis
• pagnisnisan
• pagnisnisin

 

See also

• lanot
• linis
• nitnit
• nutnot

 

Adjective

nisnís (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. threadbare; worn to threads; unravelled

   Synonyms: nasnas, tastas

2. (figurative, obsolete) crooked (of a nose)

   nisnis na ilong ― crooked nose

Further reading

• “nisnis”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “nisnis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 728
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 860.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 440: “Narigueta) Niſnis (pc) nariz torcida o medio comida de babas”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nisnís”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sinsin