kilabot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• quilabot, qilabot — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈlabot/ [kɪˈla.bot]
• Rhymes: -abot
• Syllabification: ki‧la‧bot

Noun

kilabot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

1. goose bump; goose flesh

   Synonyms: pangingilabot, pagtayo ng balahibo, (Batangas) balukag

2. terror; fear

   Synonyms: hilakbot, sindak, takot, pagkatakot

3. grain; texture (of wood, meat, etc.)

   Synonym: hilatsa

4. person being intensely feared by many; terror

Derived terms

• kakila-kilabot
• kilabutan
• magpapangilabot
• mangilabot
• nakapangingilabot
• papangilabutan
• papangilabutin

 

See also

• butangero
• lagim
• maton

 

Adjective

kilabot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

1. feared by others; terrible (of a person)

   Synonym: kinatatakutan

Further reading

• “kilabot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “kilabot”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024