Zijn

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  • Zijn - (Dutch) Two meanings: 1) To be 2) His. "Zijn zijn": his being.
  • This alliteration is repeated in various forms throughout the novel as "Tintin tintin"; "Tsin tsin tsin tsin!"; "Chin,chin! Chin,chin!"; "(sinsin!sinsin!)" etc. and may be an allusion to the Qabalistic/Gnostic principle of Tzimtsum or Tzimtzim