tikitiki

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧ki‧ti‧ki

Etymology 1

Reduplication of tiki (“a gecko”).

Noun

tikitiki

1. the variegated lizardfish (Synodus variegatus)

Etymology 2

The fish's spots being likened to the spots of a tokay gecko.

Noun

tikitiki

1. (Southern Leyte) a whale shark

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tikiˈtiki/, [tɪ.xɪˈti.xɪ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧ki‧ti‧ki

Noun

tikitiki (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒᜃᜒ)

1. extract of rice bran (given to infants to supplement certain food deficiencies)

See also

• darak