tipsie
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تپسی (tepsi, “tray”), from Middle Chinese 疊子 (MC dep tsiX, “small dish; plate”). Cognate with Azerbaijani təpsi, Karakhanid تَڤْسٖی (tewsi).
Noun
tipsie f (plural tipsii)
- metal tray
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | tipsie | tipsia | tipsii | tipsiile | |
| genitive-dative | tipsii | tipsiei | tipsii | tipsiilor | |
| vocative | tipsie, tipsio | tipsiilor | |||