tsikiting

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • sikiting
  • chikiting

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chiquitín, from chiquito +‎ -ín. By surface analysis, tsikito +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /t͡ʃikiˈtiŋ/ [t͡ʃɪ.xɪˈt̪ɪŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /tsikiˈtiŋ/ [t͡sɪ.xɪˈt̪ɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: tsi‧ki‧ting

Noun

tsikitíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. very small child
    Synonym: bulilit
  • tsikito

Adjective

tsikitíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. very small (especially of a child)
    Synonyms: bulilit, munsing, munsik, munti, maliit

Further reading

  • “tsikiting”, 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 147
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