hindiriki

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hindidicqi, hindiricqi, hindiricqui, hindiriqui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• hindidiki

Etymology

Possibly from hin- +‎ *diki, with initial reduplication. Compare Tausug duku'-duku' (“joke with or tease (someone)”), Indonesian dekih (“chuckle, snigger, snicker”), and Malay dekah (“loud laughter”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hindiɾiˈkiʔ/ [hɪn̪.d̪ɪ.ɾɪˈxiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: hin‧di‧ri‧ki

Noun

hindirikî (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜃᜒ) (obsolete)

1. playing with a baby while carrying it and pretending to tickle it to make it laugh [18th–19th c.]
2. tickling all over the body [16th–17th c.]

Usage notes

• Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835) provided an illustration of playing with a child wherein feet are played with the palms.

Derived terms

• hindirikiin
• humindiriki
• makahindiriki

 

See also

• kiliti

 

Further reading

• “hindiriki”, 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^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot, page 444: “Jugar con el niño. Hindiriqui (pc)”
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 196: “Coſquillas) Hindidicqi ([pc]) L. en todo el cuerpo”