detektib

Cebuano

Etymology

From English detective.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧tek‧tib

Noun

detektib

  1. (law enforcement) a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator
  2. a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English detective.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /deˈtektib/ [d̪ɛˈt̪ɛk.t̪ɪb̚]
  • Rhymes: -ektib
  • Syllabification: de‧tek‧tib

Noun

detektib (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊ᜔)

  1. detective; spy
    Synonyms: tiktik, sekreta

Further reading

  • “detektib”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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