taksil
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Malay taksir (“neglect”), from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr, “neglect”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)
Adjective edit
taksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)
- treacherous; traitorous
- Synonyms: lilo, palamara, sukab, mapagkanulo, suwail
- (obsolete) idiotic; foolish
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “taksil” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], 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[2], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 358