tiktik

Cebuano

Noun

tiktik

  1. smegma

Ibaloi

Noun

tiktik

  1. a flat gong

Maranao

Noun

tiktik

  1. hemorrhoids

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tikˈtik/ [t̪ɪkˈt̪ɪk̚]
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: tik‧tik

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiktik, from Proto-Austronesian *tiktik.

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. ticking of a watch, clock, etc.
    Synonym: tiktak

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *tiktik.

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. detective; plainclothesman
    Synonyms: detektib, sekreta, paisano
  2. spy
    Synonyms: espiya, batyaw
  3. act of spying
    Synonyms: manman, pagmamanman
  4. (folklore) harpy-like creature believed to attack victims at night (whose cry is supposed to announce the presence of an aswang)
Derived terms
  • maniktik
  • matiktikan
  • paniniktik
  • tiktikan

Etymology 3

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. draining water off (to the last drop)
See also

Further reading

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

Waray-Waray

Noun

tiktík

  1. bat (animal)
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