# tinga
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish tinga.

### Noun

tinga (uncountable)
* A Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

### Anagrams

* Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tagin, tangi, tiang

## Galician
### Verb

tinga
* inflection of tinguir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS.

### Noun

tinga
* shred, splinter
    tinga kayu ― wood splinter
* food stuck between teeth

## Italian
### Verb

tinga
* inflection of tingere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* tangi, tigna

## Mapun
### Noun

tinga
* (anatomy) ear

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* tingene

### Noun

tinga m
* definite plural of ting

### Noun

tinga n
* definite plural of ting

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

#### Alternative forms

* tinge (e- and split infinitives)

#### Verb

tinga (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative tinga/ting)
* (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on
    Synonym: bestille
* to subscribe (to a publication)
    Synonym: abonnere
* to negotiate

##### Derived terms

* tinga på
* tingar
* tinging

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* tingi (non-standard since 2012)

#### Noun

tinga m
* definite plural of ting

#### Noun

tinga n
* definite plural of ting

### References

* “tinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ganti, tangi, natig

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtĩ.ŋa/
* Rhymes: -ĩŋa
* Hyphenation: ti‧nga

### Etymology 1

From ting (“white”, adjective) +‎ -a.

#### Noun

tinga (possessable)
* white
* whiteness
* white thing
** 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, “Dialogo II”, in Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Da Communhão, page 84, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:Mbäétepe coé tinga acẽ remipiâca, Abaré Hostia rupíreme, acẽ iurupebé imohdebme: nã miape ruã?[Mba'etepe kûé tinga asé remiepîaka, abaré hóstia rupireme, asé îurupe bé i mondebeme: na miapé ruã?]But what is that white thing that is seen, when the priest rises the host, and when put in people's mouths: isn't it bread?
* lightness (the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour)

##### Descendants

* Nheengatu: tinga

#### See also

Colours in Old Tupi (layout · text) :
| Nouns | piranga | îuba | oby | obyeté | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una | tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga |
| Adjectives | pirang | îub | oby | obyeté | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un | tingaíb, pytang / pyxang |

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

tinga (possessable)
* nausea (feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system)
* nauseous thing (something that causes nausea)

### References

* ↑ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 477–478

## Spanish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

tinga f (plural tingas)
* a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat

#### See also

* English: pulled pork (US)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-tinga (infinitive kutinga)
* to swing, to sway

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -tinga :
| Positive present | -natinga |
| Subjunctive | -tinge |
| Negative | -tingi |
| Imperative singular | tinga |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutinga |
| Negative | kutotinga |
Imperatives :
| Singular | tinga |
| Plural | tingeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutinga |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litinga |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutinga |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatinga |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatinga |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitinge |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetinga |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetinga |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitinga |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitinga |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metinga |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatinga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatinga |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitinga |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotinga |
| Consecutive | katinga / positive subject concord + -katinga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katinge |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋah (“food particles caught between the teeth”) (cf. Ivatan tinya, Ilocano ingat, Kapampangan tinga, Cebuano tinga, and Tausug tinga), from Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS (cf. Amis tingas, Bunun cingas, and Sakizaya tingas).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tiˈŋa/ [t̪ɪˈŋa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ti‧nga

### Noun

tingá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ)
* bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth
    Synonym: ngima
* (by extension) charge of bullet in a gun (ready for the firing pin)
    Synonym: karga

#### Derived terms

* hininga
* maghininga
* magkatinga
* makatinga
* matinga
* pantinga
* panghininga
* tingahan

### Further reading

* “tinga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “tinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* gitna, tinag, ingat, antig, ganti, tangi, ating