pikot

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *píkut (“forced marriage; to force into marriage”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikot/, [ˈpi.kot̪]
• Hyphenation: pi‧kot

Verb

pikot (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. to force or trap into marriage

Mapun

Noun

pikot

1. horsefly

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *píkut (“forced marriage; to force into marriage”). Alternatively, borrowed from Hokkien 被告 (pǐ-kò, “defendant; accused”), according to Manuel (1948). However, Chan-Yap (1980) finds this derivation questionable.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpikot/ [ˈpi.xot] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ikot
  • IPA^(key): /piˈkot/ [pɪˈxot] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: pi‧kot

Noun

pikot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. act of cornering, surrounding, ambushing, or besetting something or someone

   Synonyms: sukol, huli, ipit, piit, ambus, korner, kulong

2. forcing someone into doing something difficult to get out of (such as marriage)

Derived terms

• kasal sa pikot
• mamikot
• mapikot
• pikutin
• pumikot

 

Adjective

pikót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. cornered; surrounded; beset; ambushed

   Synonyms: talikob, kubkob, sukol, salikop, piit, kulong

Further reading

• “pikot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*píkut”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 44
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 106