Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *tiipa, variant of *siipi. As to the t/s switch present in Uralic languages, compare Finnish sulka and syvä.

Noun

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tiib (genitive tiiva, partitive tiiba)

  1. wing

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • tiib”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Nawdm

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Etymology

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Cognate with Kabiyé tɩʋ, Gourmanchéma tibu, Farefare tɩa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tiib b (plural tiini/tiit ɦi/t)

  1. tree

References

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  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary[1], SIL International