tyfoong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of typhoon.

Word forms

tyfoong tyfoongs

Etymology

From a Sinitic language term 大風/大风 ("big wind"); compare e.g. Cantonese daai6 fung1 /taːi̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵/, Hakka thai-fûng /tʰai̯⁵⁵ fuŋ²⁴/.

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