malikmata

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• malicmata — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• malik-mata

Etymology

From malik +‎ mata. The word malik is an archaic apheretic form of bumalik, from balik.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌlikmaˈta/ [mɐˌlik.mɐˈt̪a], /malikˈmataʔ/ [mɐ.lɪkˈmaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧lik‧ma‧ta

Noun

malíkmatá or malikmatà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ)

1. someone or something perceived to be someone or something but on the contrary; someone or something mistaken for someone or something

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

2. phantasm; illusion; visual deception

   Synonyms: kini-kinita, ilusyon, pantasmagorya

3. anything that has properties to morph or change form

   Synonym: transpigurasyon

4. an amulet that gives invisibility

   Synonyms: tagabulag, tagibulag

5. sleight of hand

   Synonym: salamangka

6. (obsolete) act of concealment or disgusing oneself [16th–17th c.]

Derived terms

• ipagmalikmata
• magmalikmata
• mamalikmata
• pagmalikmata
• pagmalikmataan

 

See also

• anting-anting

 

Further reading

• “malikmata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 750.
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 256: “Diſimularſe) Malicmata(pc) o disfraçarſe de lo que es”