tisa

See also: Tisa, tisă, and tiša

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tiza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtisa/ [ˈti.sa]
• Hyphenation: ti‧sa

Noun

tísa (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

1. chalk

   Synonym: tsok

Derived terms

• magtisa
• tisahan

 

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan [Term?], a back-formation from tisó, from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈti.za]

Noun

tisa f (plural tises)

1. 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

1. teacher

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Homophones: tisas, tisât

Verb

tisa

1. third-person singular past historic of tiser

Lote

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

1. teacher

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Pijin

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

1. teacher

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tisa.

Noun

tȉsa f (Cyrillic spelling ти̏са)

1. 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

1. yew (tree or shrub)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

Swahili numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: tisa, kenda     Ordinal: -a tisa, -a kenda

Etymology

From Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Numeral

tisa (invariable)

1. 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 class IX (plural tisa class X)

1. (card games) nine

References

• Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎^[1], volume 32, number 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtisaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -isaʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧sa

Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

1. chalk (used in blackboards)

   Synonyms: yeso, tsok

2. (sports, billiards) chalk

   Synonym: kal

Derived terms

• tisain

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish teja or tefa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtisaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -isaʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧sa

Noun

tisà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

1. roof tile; shingle

Derived terms

• ipatisa
• magpatisa
• magtisa
• tisaan
• tisain

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtisa/ [ˈt̪iː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ti‧sa

Noun

tisa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ)

1. Alternative form of tiyesa

Anagrams

• sita, -ista, Atsi, atis, atsi, itsa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English teacher.

Noun

tisa

1. teacher