niknik

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

nicnic (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog niknik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɪkˈnik/, [nɪkˈniːk]

Noun

nikník

any tiny insect

Tagalog

Alternative forms

nicnic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /nikˈnik/ [nɪkˈnik]
Rhymes: -ik
Syllabification: nik‧nik

Noun

nikník (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

(dialectal) tiny mosquito
gnat
(dialectal) any species of fly with a painful bite
(dialectal) horsefly

Further reading

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

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