pilantik

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilantik (“spring-set spear trap”). Cognate with Malay pelantik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pilanˈtik/, [pɪ.lɐnˈtik]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lan‧tik

Noun

pilantík (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. spark from a fire
  2. slight jerking of the tip of a whip

Derived terms
  • pumilantik

See also

Further reading
  • “pilantik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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