kikil
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- quiquil — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkikil/ [ˈkiː.xɪl]
- Rhymes: -ikil
- Syllabification: ki‧kil
Noun
kikil (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔)
- carpenter's file
- act of filing
- Synonym: pagkikil
- (by extension) nail file
- (colloquial, figurative) act of extorting money from someone
- Synonyms: pangingikil, pangunguwarta
Derived terms
- kikilan
- kikilin
- kumikil
- magkikil
- mangikil
- mangingikil
- pagkikil
- pangingikil
Further reading
- “kikil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018