kilikiti

English

Alternative forms

• kilikiki
• kirikiti

Etymology

Reborrowing, originally from English cricket.

Noun

kilikiti (uncountable)

1. A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• qiliqiti, quiliquiti — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kilikiˈtiʔ/ [kɪ.lɪ.xɪˈt̪iʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧li‧ki‧ti

Noun

kilikitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (obsolete) tickle

   Synonyms: kiliti, kalamkam, (obsolete) bulikiti

Derived terms

• ipangilikiti
• kumilikiti
• kumilikitiin
• mangilikiti
• pangilikitiin

 

Further reading

• “kilikiti”, 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

Tongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English cricket.

Noun

kilikiti

1. (sports) cricket