tiyani

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • tiani

Etymology

From Hokkien 摘鋏／摘铗 (tiah-ngeh, “tweezers; pincers”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ya‧ni
  • IPA(key): /tiˈaniʔ/, [ˈt͡ʃa.nɪʔ]

Noun

tiyanì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜈᜒ)

  1. tweezers; pincers (for plucking hair or handling little objects)
    Synonyms: sipit, panipit

Derived terms
  • tiyaniin

Further reading
  • “tiyani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “tiah”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 495
  • Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “níⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 336
  • Macgowan, John (1883) English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect‎, Amoy, Fuhkien, Qing China, pages 381-382
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 64
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