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Cebuano
Etymology
Compare siwil.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧kil
- IPA(key): /siˈkil/
Verb
sikíl
- to jut out; to protrude; to stick out
Noun
sikíl
- protruberance
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Sumerian
Romanization
sikil
- Romanization of 𒂖 (sikil)
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
sikil (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔)
- stroke or push of a paddle or oar in boating (to change its direction)
- Synonyms: gaod, sagwan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Philippine *sikil (“contend with others, compete for something”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sikíl (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔)
- oppression; ill-treatment
- Synonyms: pag-api, pang-aapi, panggigipit, gipit, paggipit
- pushing; jostling (especially with the elbows or shoulders)
- Synonyms: singkil, siko, tangkil, tikwil, ikdil
Adjective
sikíl (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔)
- oppressed; ill-treated
- Synonyms: api, gipit, siil, inaapi, ginigipit
Derived terms
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