tinga

From Spanish tinga.

tinga (uncountable)

1. A Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

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

tinga

1. inflection of tinguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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

tinga

1. shred, splinter

   tinga kayu ― wood splinter

2. food stuck between teeth

tinga

1. inflection of tingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• tangi, tigna

tinga

1. (anatomy) ear

• tingene

tinga m

1. definite plural of ting

tinga n

1. definite plural of ting

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

• tinge (e- and split infinitives)

tinga (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative tinga/ting)

1. (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on

   Synonym: bestille

2. to subscribe (to a publication)

   Synonym: abonnere

3. to negotiate

• tinga på
• tingar
• tinging

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• tingi (non-standard since 2012)

tinga m

1. definite plural of ting

tinga n

1. definite plural of ting

• “tinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ganti, tangi, natig

• IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.ŋa/
• Rhymes: -ĩŋa
• Hyphenation: ti‧nga

From ting (“white”, adjective) +‎ -a.^[1]

tinga (possessable)

1. white
2. whiteness
3. 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?

4. lightness (the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour)

• Nheengatu: tinga

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

tinga (possessable)

1. nausea (feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system)
2. nauseous thing (something that causes nausea)

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

tinga f (plural tingas)

1. a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat

• English: pulled pork (US)

• Audio (Kenya):

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-tinga (infinitive kutinga)

1. to swing, to sway

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 present (positive subject concord + -natinga) Singular Plural 1st person ninatinga/natinga tunatinga 2nd person unatinga mnatinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatinga wanatinga other classes positive subject concord + -natinga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tingi) Singular Plural 1st person sitingi hatutingi 2nd person hutingi hamtingi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatingi hawatingi other classes negative subject concord + -tingi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatinga Negative future negative subject concord + -tatinga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tinge) Singular Plural 1st person nitinge tutinge 2nd person utinge mtinge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atinge watinge other classes positive subject concord + -tinge
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
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atinga) Singular Plural 1st person natinga twatinga 2nd person watinga mwatinga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atinga watinga m-mi(III/IV) watinga yatinga ji-ma(V/VI) latinga yatinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatinga vyatinga n(IX/X) yatinga zatinga u(XI) watinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatinga pa(XVI) patinga mu(XVIII) mwatinga
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
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitinga -tutinga 2nd person -kutinga -watinga/-kutingeni/-watingeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtinga -watinga m-mi(III/IV) -utinga -itinga ji-ma(V/VI) -litinga -yatinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitinga -vitinga n(IX/X) -itinga -zitinga u(XI) -utinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutinga pa(XVI) -patinga mu(XVIII) -mutinga Reflexive -jitinga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tinga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tingaye -tingao m-mi(III/IV) -tingao -tingayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tingalo -tingayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tingacho -tingavyo n(IX/X) -tingayo -tingazo u(XI) -tingao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tingako pa(XVI) -tingapo mu(XVIII) -tingamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tinga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetinga -otinga m-mi(III/IV) -otinga -yotinga ji-ma(V/VI) -lotinga -yotinga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotinga -vyotinga n(IX/X) -yotinga -zotinga u(XI) -otinga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotinga pa(XVI) -potinga mu(XVIII) -motinga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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).

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

tingá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜅ)

1. bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth
2. (by extension) charge of bullet in a gun (ready for the firing pin)

   Synonym: karga

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

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