kilikiti

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reborrowing, originally from English cricket.

Noun

kilikiti (uncountable)

A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and now played throughout Polynesia, with three-sided wooden bats and teams of no fixed size.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

qiliqiti, quiliquiti — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kilikiˈtiʔ/ [kɪ.lɪ.xɪˈtiʔ]
Rhymes: -iʔ
Syllabification: ki‧li‧ki‧ti

Noun

kilikitî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒ)

(obsolete) tickle
Synonyms: kiliti, kalamkam, (obsolete) bulikiti

Derived terms

ipangilikiti
kumilikiti
kumilikitiin
mangilikiti
pangilikitiin

Further reading

“kilikiti”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Tongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English cricket.

Noun

kilikiti

(sports) cricket

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