tiba-tiba

• tetiba

Reduplication of tiba (“to arrive”).

• IPA^(key): /ti.baˈti.ba/
• Rhymes: -iba, -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ti‧ba‧ti‧ba

tiba-tiba

1. suddenly (happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner)

• tetiba

Reduplication of tiba (“to arrive”).

• IPA^(key): /tibatiba/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ti.bə.ti.bə]

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  • (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [ti.ba.ti.ba]

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• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ti‧ba‧ti‧ba

tiba-tiba (Jawi spelling تيبا٢)

1. In a sudden manner; suddenly, abruptly.

   Synonym: sekonyong-konyong

   Adam tiba-tiba berbahasa Jepun di telefonnya.

   Adam suddenly spoke Japanese on his telephone.

• "tiba-tiba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Reduplication of tiba (“harvesting of banana; acquisition of a big gain”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˌbaʔ tiˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪˌbaʔ t̪ɪˈbaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /tiˌba(ʔ) tiˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪˌbaː t̪ɪˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ba-ti‧ba

tibâ-tibâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜆᜒᜊ)

1. made a bountiful catch or harvest in a short time
2. (figurative) gained a large amount of money; made a killing