niknik

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog niknik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪkˈnik/ [nɪkˈnik]

Noun

niknik

  1. any tiny insect

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *niknik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñikñik.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /nikˈnik/ [n̪ɪkˈn̪ɪk̚]
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: nik‧nik

Noun

nikník (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. gnat
  2. (dialectal) tiny mosquito
    Synonym: lamok
  3. (dialectal) any species of fly with a painful bite
  4. (dialectal) horsefly
    Synonym: bangaw

Further reading

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