kaliskis

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central kiskis and Karao kiskis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalisˈkis/ [kɐ.lɪsˈkis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: ka‧lis‧kis

Noun

kaliskís (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

1. scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
2. act of descaling (removal of scales from a fish)

Derived terms

• kaliskisan
• magkaliskis
• makaliskis
• pakaliskisan
• pangkaliskis

Anagrams

• saliksik