# tisa
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tiza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtisa/ [ˈti.sa]
* Hyphenation: ti‧sa

### Noun

tísa (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)
* chalk
    Synonym: tsok

#### Derived terms

* magtisa
* tisahan

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan [Term?], a back-formation from tisó, from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈti.za]

### Noun

tisa f (plural tises)
* burning or half-burnt piece of wood; firebrand
    Synonym: fumall

#### Related terms

* tió

### Further reading

* “tisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ese
### Etymology

From English teacher.

### Noun

tisa
* teacher

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: tisas, tisât

### Verb

tisa
* third-person singular past historic of tiser

## Lote
### Etymology

From English teacher.

### Noun

tisa
* teacher

### References

* Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

## Pijin
### Etymology

From English teacher.

### Noun

tisa
* teacher

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tisa.

### Noun

tȉsa f (Cyrillic spelling ти̏са)
* yew-tree

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tisa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tíːsa/

### Noun

tȋsa f
* yew (tree or shrub)

#### Inflection
## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

tisa (invariable)
* nine

#### Synonyms

* kenda

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### Noun

tisa class IX (plural tisa class X)
* (card games) nine

### See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) :
| ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
| nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |

### References

* Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104
* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47 Nr. 375

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tiza (“chalk”), from Classical Nahuatl tizatl (“white earth, chalk”). Compare Cebuano tisas and Maranao tisas.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtisaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -isaʔ
* Syllabification: ti‧sa

#### Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)
* chalk (used in blackboards)
    Synonyms: yeso, tsok
* (sports, billiards) chalk
    Synonym: kal

##### Derived terms

* tisain

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish teja or tefa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtisaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -isaʔ
* Syllabification: ti‧sa

#### Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)
* roof tile; shingle

##### Derived terms

* ipatisa
* magpatisa
* magtisa
* tisaan
* tisain

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtisa/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -isa
* Syllabification: ti‧sa

#### Noun

tisa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)
* Alternative form of tiyesa

### Anagrams

* sita, -ista, Atsi, atis, atsi, itsa

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English teacher.

### Noun

tisa
* teacher