singki

• sinki

Borrowed from English sink.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋki/ [ˈsiŋ.ki]

singki (Jawi spelling سيڠکي, plural singki-singki)

1. washbasin

   Synonym: wastafel (Indonesian Malay & Standard Indonesian)

• → Central Dusun: singki
• → Tausug: singki

• “singki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Hokkien 新客 (sin-kheh, “newcomer”). Compare Malay sengkek, Indonesian singkek, and Javanese ꦱꦶꦁꦏꦺꦏ꧀ (singkék).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siŋˈkiʔ/ [sɪŋˈkɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: sing‧ki

singkî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. greenhorn; beginner

   Synonym: baguhan

2. a kind of children's game (similar to sintak)

singkî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. inexperienced; unskilled; amateurish

   Synonym: baguhan

• “singki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133