tsiko
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [ˈt͡ʃi.xo]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: tsi‧ko
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Classical Nahuatl xicotzapotl.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tsiko (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
- sapodilla; Manilkara zapota (tree and fruit)
- Synonym: sapodilya
- 1916, Patnubay ng̃ bayan, Volume 2, Issue 13:
- Para sa kagaling̃an ng̃ bayan, ay dapat magtanim ng̃ mg̃a punòng kahoy, gaya ng̃ mangga, niyog, sinigwelas, tsiko, at akasiya, sa mg̃a gilid ng̃ daán, upang may mapang̃anlung̃an sa init ng̃ araw ang mg̃a naglalakád, lalònglalò na ang mg̃a batàng papasok sa paaralan.
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish chico (“boy; kid”).
Noun edit
tsiko (feminine tsika, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
Related terms edit
Categories:
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iko
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iko/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with quotations
- tl:Fruits
- tl:Sapote family plants