paliki

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

paliki

  1. big bat (animal)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palique (“chitchat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈlikiʔ/ [pɐˈliː.xɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ikiʔ
  • Syllabification: pa‧li‧ki

Noun

palikì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. making passes at a girl
  2. courting

Further reading

  • “paliki”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • “paliki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 758
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 437
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