tiktik

Cebuano

Noun

tiktik

1. smegma

Maranao

Noun

tiktik

1. hemorrhoids

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tictic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tikˈtik/ [tɪkˈtik]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: tik‧tik

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiktik, from Proto-Austronesian *tiktik.

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. ticking of a watch, clock, etc.

   Synonym: tiktak

See also

• tagiktik

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *tiktik.

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. detective; plainclothesman

   Synonyms: detektib, sekreta

2. spy

   Synonyms: espiya, batyaw

3. act of spying

   Synonyms: manman, pagmamanman

4. (folklore) harpy-like creature believed to attack victims at night (whose cry is supposed to announce the presence of an aswang)

Derived terms

• maniktik
• matiktikan
• paniniktik
• tiktikan

 

Etymology 3

Noun

tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

1. draining water off (to the last drop)

See also

• titi

 

Further reading

• “tiktik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Noun

tiktík

1. bat (animal)