tiklo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tik‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈtikloʔ/ [ˈt̪ik.l̪oʔ]

Verb

tiklò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜓ)

1. to catch something by enclosing the neck with a band or loop attached to the end of a pole
2. (slang) to steal something petty
3. (slang) to catch someone committing a petty crime
4. (slang) to kill

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tiklo (“caught; arrested”)

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 1009

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano tiklo (“slang: to catch someone committing a petty crime”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tikˈloʔ/ [t̪ɪkˈloʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tik‧lo

Adjective

tiklô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜓ)

1. (slang) caught; arrested (by the authorities)

   Synonyms: huli, arestado

Derived terms

• matiklo

Further reading

• “tiklo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 141

Anagrams

• likot