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Literally, “the cotton thread is short”.
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maʔikˌliʔ ʔaŋ ˈpisiʔ/ [mɐ.ʔɪkˌliʔ ʔɐm ˈpiː.sɪʔ]
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /maʔikˌli(ʔ) ʔaŋ ˈpisiʔ/ [mɐ.ʔɪkˌliː ʔɐm ˈpiː.sɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -isiʔ
- Syllabification: ma‧ik‧li ang pi‧si
maiklî ang pisì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜃ᜔ᜎᜒ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜐᜒ)
- (idiomatic) having little money
