tingting

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiŋˈtiŋ/ [t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: ting‧ting

Etymology 1

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

1. palm leaf midrib without the blades or lamina (used in broom making)
2. (colloquial) very thin person

   Synonyms: payatot, palito

Alternative forms

• tinting — superseded, pre-1977

Derived terms

• walis-tingting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋtiŋ (“tinkling sound”). Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

1. high-pitched, tinkling, metallic sound
2. act of beating repeatedly something to produce a tinkling sound

Alternative forms

• ting-ting

See also

• batingting
• taginting

Further reading

• “tingting”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tingting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tiŋtiŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ngitngit

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• ting

Etymology

Reduplication of English think.

Verb

tingting

1. think
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:6:

     Na meri i tingting olsem, “I gutpela long mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kisim olkain gutpela save.”

     →New International Version translation