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.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tiːn/

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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