malikmata

• malicmata — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• malik-mata

From malik + mata. The word malik is an archaic apheretic form of bumalik, from balik.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌlikmaˈta/ [mɐˌlik.mɐˈt̪a], /malikˈmataʔ/ [mɐ.lɪkˈmaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧lik‧ma‧ta

malíkmatá or malikmatà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ)

1. someone or something perceived to be someone or something but on the contrary; someone or something mistaken for someone or something

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

2. phantasm; illusion; visual deception

   Synonyms: kini-kinita, ilusyon, aparisyon, pantasmagorya

3. anything that has properties to morph or change form

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

4. an amulet that gives invisibility

   Synonyms: tagabulag, tagibulag

5. sleight of hand

   Synonym: salamangka

6. (obsolete) act of concealment or disguising oneself [16th–17th c.]

• “malikmata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 750
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 256: “Diſimularſe) Malicmata(pc) o disfraçarſe de lo que es”