tisa
See also: Tisa, tisă, and tiša
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tiza.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈtisa/
Noun
tisa
- chalk
- Synonym: tsok
Derived terms
- magtisa
- tisahan
Catalan
Etymology
Back-formation from tisó, from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈti.zə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈti.za/
Noun
tisa f (plural tises)
- burning or half-burnt piece of wood; firebrand
- Synonym: fumall
Related terms
- tió
Further reading
- “tisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ese
Etymology
From English teacher.
Noun
tisa
- teacher
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: tisas, tisât
Verb
tisa
- third-person singular past historic of tiser
Lote
Etymology
From English teacher.
Noun
tisa
- teacher
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Pijin
Etymology
From English teacher.
Noun
tisa
- teacher
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tisa.
Noun
tȉsa f (Cyrillic spelling ти̏са)
- yew-tree
Declension
Declension of tisa
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tisa | tise |
| genitive | tise | tisa |
| dative | tisi | tisama |
| accusative | tisu | tise |
| vocative | tiso | tise |
| locative | tisi | tisama |
| instrumental | tisom | tisama |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tisa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tíːsa/
Noun
tȋsa f
- yew (tree or shrub)
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | tísa | ||
| gen. sing. | tíse | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | tísa | tísi | tíse |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | tíse | tís | tís |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | tísi | tísama | tísam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | tíso | tísi | tíse |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | tísi | tísah | tísah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | tíso | tísama | tísami |
Swahili
| 90 | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: tisa, kenda Ordinal: -a tisa, -a kenda | ||
Etymology
From Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʿa).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Numeral
tisa (invariable)
- nine
Synonyms
- kenda
Coordinate terms
Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
| —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |
Noun
tisa (n class, plural tisa)
- (card games) nine
See also
| Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) | ||||||
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| ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |
References
- Johansen, Aimee (2003), “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 32, issue 2, pages 99-104
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish tiza (“chalk”), from Classical Nahuatl tizatl (“white earth, chalk”). Compare Cebuano tisas and Maranao tisas.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈtisaʔ/, [ˈti.sɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -isaʔ
Noun
tisà
- chalk (used in blackboards)
- Synonyms: yeso, tsok
- (sports, billiards, pool) chalk
Derived terms
- tisain
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish teja or tefa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈtisaʔ/, [ˈti.sɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -isaʔ
Noun
tisà
- roof tile; shingle
Derived terms
- ipatisa
- magpatisa
- magtisa
- tisaan
- tisain
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈtisa/, [ˈti.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -isa
Noun
tisa
- Alternative form of tiyesa
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English teacher.
Noun
tisa
- teacher