"Tinga" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

tingá - Food clinging to (wedged in
between) the teeth; a trifle, very little. (cf.
palanghiningá).

tingâ - The last gasp, death agony, deathrattle; to breathe one’s last, be in the last
(death) agony, be gasping one’s last, be at
the last gasp, to agonize, heave one’s last
sigh. Nagatingâ na siá. He is now
breathing his last. He is in the throes
(pangs) of death. (cf. tagumatáyon).

tinga
Definition: (noun) foreign matter lodged between the teeth
Notes: Chinese

tínga pa- v [A; c] give advance partial payment.
Mupatínga kag katungà kun magpakudak ka, You must pay half in advance if you have your picture taken.
Tirsiyu lay ipatínga, Give one third of the cost as advance payment.
n partial payment given in advance.

tingà v [A13] be in the throes of death.
Pagkúhag párì kay nagtingà nag pasyinti, Get a priest because the patient is in the throes of death.

tinga n {1} food particle lodged between the teeth.
{2} k.
o.
reddish breast tumor believed to be caused by eating any k.
o.
shellfish with nipple-like growths, and treated with steam from those k.
o.
shellfish.
v [A123P] {1} have food particles lodged in the teeth.
Makatinga (makapatinga) ang karni sa ngípun, Meat sticks in the teeth.
{2} get this k.
o.
tumor.