kilikiti
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reborrowing, originally from English cricket.
Noun
kilikiti (uncountable)
- A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- qiliqiti, quiliquiti — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kilikiˈtiʔ/ [kɪ.lɪ.xɪˈt̪ɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: ki‧li‧ki‧ti
Noun
kilikitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒ)
Derived terms
- ipangilikiti
- kumilikiti
- kumilikitiin
- mangilikiti
- pangilikitiin
Further reading
- “kilikiti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
Tongan
Etymology
Borrowed from English cricket.
Noun
kilikiti