kikis

kikis

1. plural of kiki

kikis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kiki

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kikis m

1. plural of kiki

From Proto-Austronesian *kiskis (“to shave, scrape off”). Compare Malagasy hihi.

• IPA^(key): /kikis/
• Rhymes: -ikis, -is
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kikɪs, -es, -e̞s]

kikis (Jawi spelling کيکيس)

1. scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scraping
2. to remove something with a sharp object (e.g. knife etc.)
3. to destroy

• kikisan
• pengikisan

• “kikis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary