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Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
paliki
- big bat (animal)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish palique (“chitchat”). An alternate etymology posits it to be from pa- + Chinese origin *liki, according to Panganiban (1973).
Pronunciation
Noun
palikì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒ)
- making passes at a girl
- courting
Further reading
- “paliki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 758