kikil
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkikil/ [ˈkiː.xɪl]
- Rhymes: -ikil
- Syllabification: ki‧kil
Noun
[edit]kikil (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔)
- carpenter's file
- act of filing
- Synonym: pagkikil
- (by extension) nail file
- (colloquial, figurative) act of extorting money from someone
- Synonyms: pangingikil, pangunguwarta
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kikil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018