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tininte

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Early borrowing of Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tenyente.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tininté (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. (dated) barrio head
    Synonyms: kapitan, puno
  2. Alternative form of tenyente

Further reading

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  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 978