tina
tína with stress marks
dye; to color
Usage Note
Tina refers to natural or artificial dye used to color cloth, hair, or other materials. Traditionally, plant-based tina was used to color woven textiles in indigenous Filipino communities. Today the word is used broadly for any dye or coloring agent, and the verb form tinahan means to dye or color something.
Examples
" Bumili ako ng tina para sa tela. "
Natural Translation
I bought dye for the cloth.
Literal Translation
Bought I of dye for the cloth.
" Gumamit siya ng tina para sa buhok. "
Natural Translation
He/She used dye for the hair.
Literal Translation
Used he/she of dye for hair.
" Ginamit ng mga manghahabi ang likas na tina mula sa mga dahon upang kulayan ang kanilang mga tela. "
Natural Translation
The weavers used natural dye from leaves to color their textiles.
Literal Translation
Used of plural weaver the natural dye from plural leaf in-order-to color the their plural cloth.
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