kikis
English
editNoun
editkikis
Verb
editkikis
- third-person singular simple present indicative of kiki
French
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editAudio: (file)
Noun
editkikis m
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Austronesian *kiskis (“to shave, scrape off”). Compare Malagasy hihi.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkikis (Jawi spelling کيکيس)
- scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scraping
- to remove something with a sharp object (e.g. knife etc.)
- to destroy
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kikis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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