tingga

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ting‧ga
• IPA^(key): /tiŋˈɡaʔ/ [tiŋˈɡaʔ]

Noun

tinggâ

1. lead (metal)

Sambali

Noun

tinggâ

1. lead (metal)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tinga — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiŋˈɡaʔ/ [t̪ɪŋˈɡaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ting‧ga

Etymology 1

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timəʀaq (“tin”). Compare Sambali tingga, Kapampangan tingga, Bikol Central tingga, Waray-Waray tingga, Maranao timbega', Tausug tingga', Malay timah, and Iban timah. See also Sanskrit तीर (tīra) and तीव्र (tīvra, “tin”).

Noun

tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. (chemistry, metal) lead

   Synonyms: barha, plomo, (obsolete) tinggahitam, (obsolete) hitam

2. (colloquial) soft solder

   Synonym: estanyo

3. (colloquial) bullets

   Synonyms: bala, punglo

Related terms

• tinggahitam
• tinggaputi

See also

• tumbaga

Etymology 2

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋgaʔ (“ear pendant”). Compare Kapampangan tingga and Iban tingga.

Noun

tinggâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ)

1. (obsolete) earring

   Synonyms: hikaw, aretes

Derived terms

• itingga
• magtingga
• tinggaan
• tinggain

Further reading

• “tingga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*timeRaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tiŋgaʔ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tanggi, tigang, gitang

Waray-Waray

Noun

tinggâ

1. lead (metal)