paliki

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

paliki

  1. big bat (animal)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palique (chitchat). An alternate etymology posits it to be from pa- + Chinese origin *liki, according to Panganiban (1972).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ki
  • IPA(key): /paˈlikiʔ/, [pɐˈli.xɪʔ]

Noun

palikì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. making passes at a girl
  2. courting

Further reading

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