tirik

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tiric — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tə(n)dək. Compare Ilocano teddek (“post; pillar; column; headman; chief”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtiɾik/ [ˈti.ɾɪk] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -iɾik
  • IPA^(key): /tiˈɾik/ [tɪˈɾik] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: ti‧rik

Noun

tirik (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔)

1. act of building, erecting, or constructing

   Synonyms: tayo, pagtatayo, gawa, paggawa, tindig, pagtitindig

2. act of setting up (as of a post)

   Synonyms: tayo, pagtatayo

3. act of lighting up a candle
4. position of one's pupils directed upward (as when one's death throes)
5. (colloquial) stalling (of a vehicle)
6. condition of being erect (of a penis)

   Synonyms: tayo, pagtayo, tigas, paninigas, tingaro, pagtingaro

Derived terms

• itirik
• magpatirik
• magtirik
• matirik
• nakatirik
• pagtirik
• pagtirikan
• pagtitirik
• patirik
• patirikin
• tirikan
• tirikan ng kandila
• tumirik

 

Adjective

tirík (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔)

1. set upright; set in an erect or straight position

   Synonyms: patayo, nakatayo, nakatindig, patindig

2. frequently stalling on the road (of a vehicle)
3. with one's eyes looking upward

Further reading

• “tirik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018