; tamlin [cf. Car. tambran "through normal loss of -d, effect of vowel harmony changing i to a, and articulative intrusion of b after m" DJE; but cf. also Krio tambla, tombi from Mende tombi idem KED; tamlin is derived from tamarind via /l,r/ alternation] n. a tree, Tamarindus indica,  or its fruit.