kikik

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Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after its supposed call. The other senses are fron their necrophagy or nocturnal nature, like the creature.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ki‧kik
  • IPA(key): /kiˈkik/

Noun

kikik

  1. (folklore) vampiric bird-like creature
  2. (folklore) form of an ungo or an ungo's familiar
  3. vulture
  4. Philippine nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis)
  5. savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)

Verb

kikík

  1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
  2. (of a kikik) to hunt or attack prey

Synonyms

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano kikik.

Noun

kikik

  1. (folklore) vampiric bird-like creature

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈkikik/
  • Rhymes: -ikik
  • Syllabification: ki‧kik

Noun

kíkik

  1. act of chirping, peeping

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “kikik”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎ (in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 228

Tagalog

Etymology

From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1972).

Pronunciation

Noun

kikik (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. stilts
    Synonym: tayakad

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 283

Waray-Waray

Noun

kikík

  1. lightning