tiktik
Cebuano edit
Noun edit
tiktik
Maranao edit
Noun edit
tiktik
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiktik, from Proto-Austronesian *tiktik.
Noun edit
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Philippine *tiktik.
Noun edit
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
- detective; plainclothesman
- spy
- act of spying
- Synonyms: manman, pagmamanman
- (folklore) harpy-like creature believed to attack victims at night (whose cry is supposed to announce the presence of an aswang)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
tiktík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “tiktik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Waray-Waray edit
Noun edit
tiktík
- bat (animal)