kikis
English
Noun
kikis
- plural of kiki
Verb
kikis
- third-person singular simple present indicative of kiki
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Pronunciation
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Noun
kikis m
- plural of kiki
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *kiskis (“to shave, scrape off”). Compare Malagasy hihi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kikis/
- Rhymes: -ikis, -is
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [kikɪs, -es, -e̞s]
Verb
kikis (Jawi spelling کيکيس)
- scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scraping
- to remove something with a sharp object (e.g. knife etc.)
- to destroy
Derived terms
- kikisan
- pengikisan
Further reading
- “kikis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary