kalikot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calicot — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈlikot/ [kɐˈliː.xot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ikot
• Syllabification: ka‧li‧kot

Etymology 1

Noun

kalikot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. poking and stirring or scraping into a hole (with the finger or some instrument)

   Synonyms: kalikol, kalikaw, kikig, sulsog

2. slender bamboo or metal tube with a poking rod for crushing and mixing betel leaves, areca nuts, and lime, to make chewing buyo

   Synonym: katikot

3. (slang) masturbation

Derived terms

• kalikutin
• kumalikot
• pagkalikot

 

See also

• anak-gumulong
• nganga

 

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ) via Brunei Malay. Doublet of kaliko.

Noun

kalikot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. silk underpants from Brunei

Derived terms

• ikalikot
• kalikot-patani
• kalikutin
• magkalikot

 

See also

• kalikam

 

Etymology 3

Noun

kalikot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (obsolete) giving signs for a child to suckle [16th–17th c.]

   Kalikutan mo itong batang ito ng pulot, ng gatas kaya.

   Have this child suckle honey or milk.

Derived terms

• kalikutan
• magpalikot
• makalikutan

 

See also

• ut-ot

Further reading

• “kalikot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 317: “Faja) Calicot (pp) de tapar ſus partes, eſta era de ſeda venida de Burney”
  • page 461: “Paladear) Calicot (pp) L. al niño que [no puede] o ſaue mamar”