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paliki

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Lubuagan Kalinga

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Noun

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paliki

  1. big bat (animal)

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish palique (chitchat). An alternate etymology posits it to be from pa- + Chinese origin *liki, according to Panganiban (1973).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palikì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. making passes at a girl
  2. courting
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Further reading

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  • paliki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 758