tinga

Borrowed 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): /tiŋa/, [ˈtĩᵑɡə]
• 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

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.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinɡa/ [ˈt̪ĩŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: tin‧ga

tinga f (plural tingas)

1. a typical Mexican dish made with shredded meat

• English: pulled pork (US)

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-tinga (infinitive kutinga)

1. to swing, to sway

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

   Synonym: ngima

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, 2025
• “tinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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