singki
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku, /a/-variety, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋki/ [ˈsiŋ.ki]
- Rhymes: -ki, -i
- Hyphenation: sing‧ki
Noun
singki (Jawi spelling سيڠکي, plural singki-singki or singki2)
Descendants
Further reading
- "singki" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 新客 (sin-kheh, “newcomer”). Compare Malay sengkek, Indonesian singkek, and Javanese ꦱꦶꦁꦏꦺꦏ꧀ (singkék).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siŋˈkiʔ/ [sɪŋˈkɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -iʔ
- Syllabification: sing‧ki
Noun
singkî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
Adjective
singkî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
- inexperienced; unskilled; amateurish
- Synonym: baguhan