tsiks
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Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English chicks, plural of chick, from Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: tsiks
Noun
[edit]tsiks
- a chick; a young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English chicks, plural of chick. Doublet of tsiken.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiks/ [ˈt͡ʃiks]
- Rhymes: -iks
- Syllabification: tsiks
Noun
[edit]tsiks (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔) (slang)
- 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
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tsiks”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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