tiin

See also: tìín and tì'ín

Fiji Hindi

Numeral

tiin

  1. (cardinal) three

References

  • Fiji Hindi Dictionary
  • Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

Finnish

Noun

tiin

  1. Genitive singular form of tii.
  2. Instructive plural form of tii.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien.

Numeral

tiin

  1. (Mooring, Sylt, cardinal) ten

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [tʰìːn], [tʰèːn] (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Unexpected form, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. Compare Elfdalian tinå and Middle High German zinnan.

Verb

tiin (preterite tint)

  1. (transitive) light, ignite[1]
    Tin ópp eln ti spisom!
    Light the fire in the stove!
Alternative forms
  • tänn
  • tönder

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [tʰìːn], [tʰìːɳ]
    Rhymes: -ìːn
    (í-ý merger): Rhymes: -ìːn, -ỳːn

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German tīne, from Latin tina (“wooden bowl for wine or washing”), from Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 (θina, “type of vessel”).

Noun

tiin f

  1. tub wherein meat, pork and fish are salted
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse tína.

Verb

tiin (preterite tint or tinä)

  1. beat chaff from barley, thresh the chaff out of the grain: by flail ridding the already threshed grain from the chaff

References

  1. ↑ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Tiin”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 735
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