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Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog niknik.
Pronunciation
Noun
niknik
- any tiny insect
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *niknik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñikñik.
Pronunciation
Noun
nikník (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)
- gnat
- (dialectal) tiny mosquito
- Synonym: lamok
- (dialectal) any species of fly with a painful bite
- (dialectal) horsefly
- Synonym: bangaw
Further reading
- “niknik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018