kaliskis

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central kiskis and Karao kiskis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalisˈkis/ [kɐ.lɪsˈkɪs]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: ka‧lis‧kis

Noun

kaliskís (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
  2. act of descaling (removal of scales from a fish)

Derived terms

  • kaliskisan
  • magkaliskis
  • makaliskis
  • pakaliskisan
  • pangkaliskis

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