Where does “tingas” come from?

tingas (Sakizaya) comes from Proto-Austronesian CiŋaS — food particles caught between the teeth.

tingas (Sakizaya): bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth

Definitions

  1. bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth

Ancestry of “tingas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesianCiŋaSfood particles caught between the teeth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CiŋaS