tsiks

Cebuano

Etymology

From English chicks, plural of chick, from Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tsiks

Noun

tsiks

1. a chick; a young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• chix

Etymology

Borrowed from English chicks, plural of chick. Doublet of tsiken.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiks/ [ˈt͡ʃiks]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsiks/ [ˈt͡siks]
• Rhymes: -iks
• Syllabification: tsiks

Noun

tsiks (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)

1. chick (young attractive woman)

   Synonym: bebot

   Bakit naman kita sasamahan? Ano ka, tsiks?

   Why would I accompany you? What are you, a chick?

Related terms

• tsikboy

See also

• babae
• sisiw
• tsika

Further reading

• “tsiks”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018