# tingi
## English
### Alternative forms

* tinguy

### Noun

tingi
* A Brazilian tree, Magonia pubescens, whose seeds yield soap.

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

tingi
* branch of a tree

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”). Compare tiingavoq (“is horny”), and tingajuk (“throat hair of caribou”).

### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /tiŋi/, [t͡sɪ.ŋɪ]

### Noun

tingi
* pubic hair

## Italian
### Verb

tingi
* inflection of tingere:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

tingī
* present passive infinitive of tingō

## Portuguese
### Verb

tingi
* inflection of tingir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Probably from Dutch stinken (“to stink”). Compare tori (“story”), from English story.

### Verb

tingi
* to stink
** (Can we date this quote?), “Wan nyun sortu nyanyan”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎:Te den kibri a mana kon miti a di fu seibi dei, dan a no e lai nanga woron. A no e tingi tu! Disi na wan tra wondru!When they save the manna over to the seventh day, it doesn’t get full of worms. And it doesn’t stink! This is another miracle!

#### Derived terms

* tingimeti (“carrion”)

#### Descendants

* → Saramaccan: tíngi

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 中意 (tèng-ì, “to suit one's desire”) as per Manuel (1948).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tiˈŋiʔ/ [t̪ɪˈŋiʔ]
* Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: ti‧ngi

#### Noun

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)
* retail selling; sale of goods at retail price
    Synonym: pagtitingi

##### Derived terms

* ipagtingi
* ipatingi
* itingi
* magtingi
* magtitingi
* pagtitingi
* tingi-tingi
* tingian
* tingiin

##### See also

* pakyaw
* utay

#### Adjective

tingî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)
* sold or bought at retail price

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tiˈŋi/ [t̪ɪˈŋi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ti‧ngi

#### Noun

tingí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅᜒ)
* smaller end of an egg
    Synonym: kulo
* eye or hard center of a boil
    Synonym: mata

### Further reading

* “tingi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “tingi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 63
* Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 489; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 489
* Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tèng-ì”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 163; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 163

### Anagrams

* ingit, ngiti, iting, tinig

## Ternate
### Etymology

Possibly from Malay tengik (“rancid, pungent, putrid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈti.ŋi]

### Verb

tingi
* (stative) to stink, to smell

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh