niknik

Kapampangan edit

Alternative forms edit

nicnic (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tagalog niknik.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nɪkˈnik/, [nɪkˈniːk]

Noun edit

nikník

any tiny insect

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

nicnic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *niknik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñikñik.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nikˈnik/, [nɪkˈnik]
Hyphenation: nik‧nik

Noun edit

nikník (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

(dialectal) tiny mosquito
gnat
(dialectal) any species of fly with a painful bite
(dialectal) horsefly

Further reading edit

“niknik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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