taksil

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay taksir (“neglect”), from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr, “neglect”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /takˈsil/,
  • Hyphenation: tak‧sil

Noun

taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. traitor
    Synonyms: traidor, lilo, sukab, hudas, ahas, ulupong, anay, sulupika, kuhila
  2. (obsolete) idiot; fool

Adjective

taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. treacherous; traitorous
    Synonyms: lilo, palamara, sukab, mapagkanulo, suwail
  2. (obsolete) idiotic; foolish

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See also

Further reading

  • “taksil” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “taksil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 159
  • Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 358
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