Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Spanish chiquitín, from chiquito + -ín.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: tsi‧ki‧ting
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- IPA(key): /t͡ʃikiˈtiŋ/, [t͡ʃɪ.xɪˈtiŋ]
tsikitíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
- very small child
- Synonym: bulilit
Adjective
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tsikitíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
- very small (especially of a child)
- Synonyms: bulilit, munsing, munsik, munti, maliit
Further reading
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- “tsikiting”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 147