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Cebuano
Noun
tiktik
- smegma
Maranao
Noun
tiktik
- hemorrhoids
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiktik, from Proto-Austronesian *tiktik.
Noun
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
- ticking of a watch, clock, etc.
- Synonym: tiktak
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Philippine *tiktik.
Noun
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
- detective; plainclothesman
- Synonyms: detektib, sekreta, paisano
- spy
- Synonyms: espiya, batyaw
- act of spying
- Synonyms: manman, pagmamanman
- (folklore) harpy-like creature believed to attack victims at night (whose cry is supposed to announce the presence of an aswang)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
- draining water off (to the last drop)
See also
Further reading
- “tiktik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Waray-Waray
Noun
tiktík
- bat (animal)