tsiks
Cebuano
Etymology
From English chicks, plural of chick, from Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tsiks
Noun
tsiks
- a chick; a young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English chicks, plural of chick. Doublet of tsiken.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiks/ [ˈt͡ʃɪks]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsiks/ [ˈt͡sɪks]
- Rhymes: -iks
- Syllabification: tsiks
Noun
tsiks (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)
- chick (young attractive woman)
- Synonym: bebot
- Bakit naman kita sasamahan? Ano ka, tsiks?
- Why would I accompany you? What are you, a chick?
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “tsiks”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018