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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog kilig.
Adjective
kilig
- (Philippines) excited; thrilled
Karao
Noun
kilig
- edge (of rivers, tables, paper, etc.)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilig (“shudder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kilíg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- shiver, shudder, thrill, or frisson from excitement (usually from romantic experiences)
- (by extension) blush due to excitement especially romantic stimulation
- (by extension) butterflies in one's stomach due to excitement
- (Marinduque) tremble
- Synonyms: kinig, nginig, kaligkig
- (obsolete) trembling of the body due to snakebite
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Adjective
kilíg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔)
- excited or thrilled especially by a romantic experience
- Synonym: kinilig
Further reading
- “kilig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 485.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 432: “Mordido) Cqilig (pc) ſer alguno de la culebra”
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