tirik
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tə(n)dək. Compare Ilocano teddek (“post; pillar; column; headman; chief”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tirik (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔)
- act of building, erecting, or constructing
- act of setting up (as of a post)
- act of lighting up a candle
- position of one's pupils directed upward (as when one's death throes)
- (colloquial) stalling (of a vehicle)
- condition of being erect (of a penis)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
tirík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔)
- set upright; set in an erect or straight position
- Synonyms: patayo, nakatayo, nakatindig, patindig
- frequently stalling on the road (of a vehicle)
- with one's eyes looking upward
Further reading edit
- “tirik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018