tiklo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tik‧lo
  • IPA(key): /ˈtikloʔ/ [ˈt̪ik.l̪oʔ]

Verb

tiklò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜓ)

  1. to catch something by enclosing the neck with a band or loop attached to the end of a pole
  2. (slang) to steal something petty
  3. (slang) to catch someone committing a petty crime
  4. (slang) to kill

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: tiklo (“caught; arrested”)

References

  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 1009

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano tiklo (“slang: to catch someone committing a petty crime”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tikˈloʔ/ [t̪ɪkˈloʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Syllabification: tik‧lo

Adjective

tiklô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜓ)

  1. (slang) caught; arrested (by the authorities)
    Synonyms: huli, arestado

Derived terms

  • matiklo

Further reading

  • “tiklo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 141

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