tsikot
Tagalog
Etymology
Backslang from kotse, first attested in the 1970s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkot/, [t͡ʃɪˈxot]
- Rhymes: -ot
- Hyphenation: tsi‧kot
Noun
tsikót (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)
- (back slang, slang) car
- Synonym: kotse
- 1985, Kasarinlan: A Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies:
- ... Whiskey ba o artista // Ang puwedeng pang-romansa // May delatang fresh na fresh // Patis walang kaparis // Sigarilyong pang-macho // Pabango para sa B.O. // Tansang Pepsi at Coke // May kapalit daw na tsikot
- Can a whiskey or an actor // A match for romance // There is fresh canned food // Fish sauce with no match // Cigarettes for the man // Perfume for BO [bad odor] // A Pepsi or Coke bottle lid // Has a car in return
- 2007, Julianito Villasanta, Exposé: peryodismong pampelikula sa Pilipinas, →ISBN:
- Nang makausap ko si Justo sa telepono, halos memoryado pa niya ang kanyang mga sinulat noong 1970s halimbawa'y: BAGO mag-Martial Law, may isang aktor, kaguwapong aktor na may bagong tsikot noon.
- When I talked with Justo on the telephone, he almost knew those he wrote on the 1970, for example: BEFORE Martial Law is declared, there was an actor, a very handsome actor who have a new car that time.
- 2016, Jaret Co, Isang Pelikula, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:
- Suwabe ang pagbaba ko ngayon. Sana ganu'n palagi. Bumaba ako sa eksaktong harap ng gate. Para diyahe sa mga chics sa eksaktong gate na naghihintay ng kanilang mga sosyalistang kaibigan o sundo, siyempre de-tsikot ang mga 'yun.
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References
- Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999) Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore, →ISBN
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