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
  • “paliki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, page 467–504
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1972) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 758
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