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

  1. 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)

  1. chick (young attractive woman)
    Synonym: bebot
    Bakit naman kita sasamahan? Ano ka, tsiks?
    Why would I accompany you? What are you, a chick?

See also

Further reading

  • tsiks”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018