niknik

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Kapampangan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Tagalog niknik.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɪkˈnik/, [nɪkˈniːk]

Noun[edit]

nikník

  1. any tiny insect

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *niknik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñikñik.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nikˈnik/, [nɪkˈnik]
  • Hyphenation: nik‧nik

Noun[edit]

nikník (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. (dialectal) tiny mosquito
  2. gnat
  3. (dialectal) any species of fly with a painful bite
  4. (dialectal) horsefly

Further reading[edit]

  • niknik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018